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May 22, 2008
Parlez vous Francais?
I recently decided to brush up on my high school French in preparation for an upcoming vacation to France and Brussels. Through i-Tunes , I discovered some very useful podcasts from Survival Phrases.
The short segments provide enough language lessons to help you get by on a trip. Rather than learning how to conjugate the verb "to be," you learn how to order a meal in a restaurant or get directions to the train or bus. Additionally, the host provides helpful cultural hints such as tipping habits.
When you visit the web site, which you are encouraged to do during each lesson by a friendly host, you can download a written lesson in PDF format.
Survival Phrases offers a number of language lessons depending on where you might be traveling. In addition to French, you can learn Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese.
I would highly recommend Survival Phrases if you’re headed to a foreign country on vacation or a business trip and you don’t speak the language.
I leave for France tomorrow, so I will let you know how my French fared upon my return.
Au Revoir!
Posted by mia.casey at May 22, 2008 4:10 PM