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Old 04-26-2005, 03:38 PM
frank_iii frank_iii is offline
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Default Re: what is the best software to learn a language

It's not software but I would recommend the Pimsleur series of CDs. They're expensive but well worth it IMO.

Since you only have a month, you could augment it with vocabulary from books or software, but the first volume (30 lessons) would get you accustomed to hearing and speaking.

I have used the first Chinese Mandarin volume and felt that, while I was doing it, I could speak and understand the words I knew better than I ever could after 3 years of "university-style" russian. Of course, I knew more russian vocab and grammar rules, but that's to be expected.
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