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Whilst in-country intensive language courses are usually the best way to truly absorb a language, there are also many pre-departure strategies that you can employ to master that new target language. Our links below are for both pre-departure language study ideas and in-country courses.

We encourage you to bite the bullet and take action now, because when you arrive in your new country, with 101 other things to do, having the basics of a language will reward you ten times over. Click on some links below and start learning that new language!

Articles

Top 6 Fun Ways To Learn
A Foreign Language:
Susanna Zaraysky

Have you ever heard a song on the radio that you have not heard in years and you surprise yourself by singing all the lyrics? Music and catchy jingles can stick in our minds for years, while verb conjugation charts and memorized data disappear. So put down your textbooks and turn on...

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The Truth About Language Learning: Myths, Facts, and Strategies for Success
Laura Sicola

For a large number of us, life abroad often requires learning a new language. Yet many believe they are too old to start a new language, fear that the task is too big, or simply are convinced – usually from an unpleasant experience in high school – that they are simply not good language learners. To all three, I say: untrue!

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Language Learning Tips
AskOxford.com

1.	Find out what kind of learner you are.

2.	Work at your own pace.

3.	Why not learn with someone else?

4.	Remember that you can go a long way with just a little language.

5.	Don’t get stuck by a word you don’t know.

6.	Language learning is also about intuition.

7.	Speak, speak, speak!

8.	Build up your vocabulary.

9.	Get the right tool.

10.	Get used to hearing everyday language at normal speed.

How to Say "I Love You" in More Then 100 Different Languages
Bob Jacobsen

A long list to help you express your love in more than 100 languages.

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Selecting The Best Language School For Your Needs
David Neehly

Some people decide to work abroad, some decide to study abroad, some just want to learn a foreign language, or just need to brush up on their current skills. There are any number of reasons that people what to learn a second language.

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Learning Languages

Abroad Languages
http://www.abroadlanguages.com
Abroad Languages gathers the top in-country language schools in the industry to offer you excellent foreign language courses.

BBC education-languages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages
Learn French, Spanish, German, Italian, and other languages with the BBC. Start up with our courses or brush up with our audio magazines.

Before You Know It - learning a new language
http://www.byki.com/
Before You Know It is a different kind of language-learning software. It is smart and personalized. It is curiously addictive - perhaps because it is so effective at teaching people words and phrases with Perfect Recall. But don't take our word for it. Read what our users are saying or try a free software download in any of 26 languages.

Don Quijote
http://www.donquijote.org/ext/agi/olgvqnlh_ln.asp
Learn to speak Spanish through courses in Spain or Latin America. Free online and downloadable books in Spanish, pronunciation guide and recipes.

ElaN Languages
http://www.elanlanguages.com
ElaN Languages is a high-quality language training and translation agency with offices in Belgium, France, Russia and China.
On our site, visitors can make free online translations, look up words in our free dictionaries and find information on most countries of the world.

Lingosite
http://www.lingosite.com
Conversation tutorials via telephone

Language Course Finder
http://www.language-learning.net
Find the perfect language course or school quickly and easily with Language Course Finders.

Mango Languages
http://www.mangolanguages.com
Free online language-learning software, which has 11 languages with 100 lessons in each language.

Online Language Courses
http://www.learnplus.com/
Learn to speak a foreign language with confidence: take a quality course and receive support from expert language tutors. You can learn German and Spanish online at any time, from any location, and at your own pace.

Professional Language Services
http://www.appliedlanguage.com/translation_services.shtml
Localization and Translation service company offering high quality professional translation into over 150 languages.

Rosetta Stone: Language Learning Success
http://www2.rosettastone.com
The fastest way to learn a foreign language.guaranteed.

Language Translation

Babel Fish

Instant online translation for 12 languages

Babylon
http://www.babylon.com/
Instant translation software for reading and writing. Twenty-five professional dictionaries in 13 languages, each containing more than 3,000,000 words and phrases. More than 1,600 glossaries in 70 languages. English writing tools for non-native speakers

Free Translation
http://www.freetranslation.com
More than 700 translators in more than 50 countries.

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