Language Tutorial

I have worked really hard at being almost fluent in Spanish and recently I've taken a large interest in French. Lately I've been focusing more on French because its new and interesting, but I don't want to waste my Spanish skills. I tried learning French through Spanish which was working, but I have been finding that the best sites with the best activities are ones where you can only have them in English while you learn French.

What should I do to learn French, but keep my level of Spanish?

Assuming your native language is English, continue to study French on the English websites. The perspective will be taught from the perspective of native English speakers, and therefore be more meaningful to you.

This is important because you say you are "almost" fluent in Spanish. I don't know what your definition of fluent is, but if you mean you can almost carry on a conversation in Spanish, that is not the same as being academically proficient in Spanish. Academic proficiency is being about to think "about" the language, and not just think "in" the language. It means you understand the relationships between parts of speech, and you can do literary analysis in the language and have serious discussions (not simply everyday social conversation). You should use YOUR strongest language to help you learn the new one, especially since Spanish and French are too similar and you could confuse grammatical differences.

I wouldn't worry to much about studying the two simultaneously, because you have gained a level of Spanish that will keep you from confusing the two languages. I never recommend studying two languages where you don't know either of them at all. I like to see a student take two years before starting a new one, and if you think you are almost fluent, you are probably beyond that level already.

French structures are VERY similar to those in Spanish, but there are some differences. So as you take off in French, you will easily understand things that someone who has never taken Spanish cannot understand. Now French pronunciation is COMPLETELY different from Spanish, and it's vowels may have more than one sound like in English. So you will find some easy concepts, and some challenging ones.

It sounds like you are just the type of person to be successful in both languages. I congratulate you on your perseverence, which I feel is one of the most important traits to being able to learn a language well. Your time will pay off. Have fun!

I took Arabic classes in college and I've been studying a lot but I'm still not fluent. In exchange I can help someone learn Farsi or Spanish, both of which I'm fluent in.

So, anyone willing to help me out?

Yes, sure .. I would like to help you learn Arabic better :o)
And I would like to learn Spanish and Farsi, too
IM me!

For somewhat novice in the world of programming (and with only knowledge of Pascal), what would be a good language to learn?

I'm interested in making programs with windows (I mean not in Dos) and to be able to use photos, sounds, but also some mathematical calculations (depending on the program).

Some tutorial links would be awesome too. Thanks.

no console programs
Then try a RAD environment like

Java
Visual Studio .NET
CodeBlocks with wxWidgets

As for a particular language I would recommend Industry standard like
C#, Java
or If you want just a easy transition from pascal to another language try
Visual Basic.

In the end it doesn't matter, you'll still need to practice alot to get better at the language you chose.

I recommend to download several, and see which one appeals to you more.

I've always wanted to learn spanish, and I've looked into various tutorials and programs that claim to help you learn fast, but I wondered if there is any methods or techniques anyone could suggest that help you learn on your own. Im not bothered about time limits, and I have a few spanish dictionaries and beginner books lying around.

Try this website:

http://www.mansionspanish.com
.

If you want to learn the Chinese Language, some Learning Chinese Software can help you. Some integrated learning Chinese softwares with words, sounds, pictures, animations and music. These Learning Chinese Softwares are user friendly designed, content rich, comprehensive tutorial program. These interactive learning Chinese programs will make you enthusiastic about learning Chinese.

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ABCconcept ABC Chinese Learning Tools 1.0, animated Chinese Characters, Radicals - stroke by stroke; Mandarin pronunciations (Pinyin); Cantonese pronunciations (Jyutping); More than 20,000 characters; Chinese-English, English-Chinese dictionaries.

Learn Chinese and Speak Mandarin 2.6, users guide themselves through over one hundred lessons. Each lesson contains a real world conversation between two native speakers. Conversations are broken down into individual sentences, pronunciation, meaning, pinyin, characters and the literal translations of the words that make up the sentences.

Learn Chinese 6.0, It includes pronunciation for all sentences, characters, words and phrases in real natural audio. Text-To-Speech is not used, so you can hear the changes in intonation. All Chinese characters, words and phrases are shown with tone marks, Pinyin, for reference. There are 66 lessons and 95 sense dialogues which cover normal situations such as daily life, working, study, traveling and hospitalization. There’s an English-Chinese double language dictionary which includes over 12,000 Chinese words and phrases. You can search the new words with Englishor Chinese as well as strokes of the Chinese character or Pinyin. There is a Chinese characters writing demo, featuring over 3,500 of the most common words. There is a Chinese phonetic alphabet whichincludes the 1,300 Chinese Pinyin. There is an Examination Module. You can test your understandingof Chinese and Pinyin. Speech Chinese can help you to read texts on Web sites or your clipboard in English, simplified and traditional Chinese. You can convert texts to WAV or MP3 files.

EzChinese Road 1.0, This is an oral textbook for short-term training programs focusing on daily communication. It’s adapted to the latest choice textbook Road: Chinese Conversation For Foreigners, which is published by Beijing Language and Culture University Press. Each Chinese character, word and sentence in this software is recorded by professional announcer. It covers more than 30 communicative functions, approximately 900 new words, as well as more than 100 basic key points of language and explanations of daily words and phrases.

One good Chinese Software is a good start for Chinese learners. These multimedia programs are fully interactive, using the most contemporary language learning technique. From teaching modern Chinese PinYin phonetic system to writing Chinese character stroke by stroke, learn Chinese interactively.

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i am new in using vb language, where can i get the tutorial of using this language which is suitable to a really new people as me.

VB.NET
http://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/NET/vbNET.html
http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/VB/CatalogVB.htm

VB 6
http://www.profsr.com/vb/vbintro.htm
http://www.vb6.us/tutorials/understanding-variables-and-types-vb6
http://www.programmingtutorials.com/vb6.aspx

Hi,
I enjoy collecting vintage computers. I currently have 6, all between 8 and 25 years old. Among these is an Apple IIc, my latest acquisition. The power supply that I ordered for it hasn't arrived yet, but when it does I want to be able to program in BASIC (which is the Apple IIc's programming language). Does anyone know where to find a good, free BASIC programming tutorial online?

Tutorials
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