A Month In Venice

As most of you are aware that the purpose of this blog is to pay for a trip for me to immerse myself into the Italian culture and language by spending a month in Venice Italy. While language immersion is by far the best way to learn a language there are many resources that are free and online to help you along the way.

The first great resource to check out is brought to us by the BBC. It is called BBC languages and I have really learned quite a bit of Italian by using this website. I can attest that the information is accurate and very helpful for those desperately trying to get their head around this language.

Secondly if you are planning on learning Italian be sure to check out the Internet polyglot which is a great resource for many languages and not just Italian. With the Internet polyglot you can learn French, Spanish, Greek and of course Italian just to name a few of the many languages that this website covers.

Lastly the next place I would recommend would be to check out would be Live Mocha. While this place does not offer Italian at the moment it is a growing community with some Italian speakers who I am sure would be willing to help out those in need. It is a cool resource since it is a social networking site that aims to help people learn another foreign language.

Learning Italian does not have to be an daunting task if you have the time and paitence for it. These resources however should help the cash strapped travelers out there pick up another language along the way.

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