Here are the three best blogs on the internet to learn languages (many thanks the info Andreas):
http://www.listen-to-english.com/http://www.thelinguist.blogs.com/http://www.der-englisch-blog.de/They all have a bit different approaches, but they are really interesting, going also into the cultures.
Another great thing is the daily english e-mail which you can register for at:
http://owad.de/index.php4You get a daily language quiz with phrases, which you usually do not learn at school.
This is really great to really get into English.
My quiz from today was e.g.
* * * widow's peak * * *
Please choose the correct definition and click the link.
a)
pointed hair at the top of the foreheadb)
the end of a long and exhausting journeyc)
the money left to a woman after her husband dies Happy guessing! Paul Smith
To learn stuff, I am using memo coach as PC software. It is a great tool to learn nearly everything. It is working with the same principle as phase6 (
http://www.phase-6.de/opencms/Homepage/) which is the tool that our daughter is using. I am hacking everything into it what I want to learn and I have integrated it into the autostart of my PC, so before I start my working day, I start with a bit of braining. You find the software at
http://www.memo-coach.com/Dr. Luise Maria Sommer, the author of the SW, has also a great podcast on how to train your brain. you can find it on itunes.
There are also a lot of great free of charge podcast to learn languages on itunes.
I use e.g. "Laura speeks dutch" to brush up my dutch, when I am in my car or o a run.
check it out at:
http://www.lauraspeaksdutch.info/So there are no more excuses for not learning daily ... and the great thing is that with all these new tools it makes really a lot of fun.
McKinsey has a very good webpage and a very interesting newsletter with links to the most interesting articles. Even in the free of charge subsciption, the content is already high quality.
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