This page will give you quick access to our four-part series, Learning the Languages of the New
World Powers. Here, you’ll find articles highlighting free podcasts that will help you travel and do business in China, India, Russia and Brazil. Below, we’ve listed the links to each article, plus the podcasts mentioned in each:
Part 1: Introduction and Brazilian Portuguese
- Brazilian Portuguese iTunes Feed Web Site
- A conversation-oriented introduction to Brazilian Portuguese. You’llalso get introduced to Brazilian culture, and learn about thedifferences between the languages spoken in Brazil and Portugal. NOTE: Mp3s for the first 16 lessons can be found here.
- Ta Falado: Brazilian Portuguese Pronunciation for Spanish Speakers iTunes Feed Web Site
- Created by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UT-Austin.
- A Spoonful of Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Recommended by our readers.
- Business Russian iTunes Feed Web Site
- Presented by the UCLA Center for World Languages, this seriesteaches students the essentials of Russian business communication.
- Russian Literature iTunes Feed Web Site
- Also presented by UCLA, this podcast helps users improve theircomprehension and vocabulary by listening to excerpts from Tolstoy,Gogol, Chekhov and other Russian literary greats.
- Chinese Lessons with Serge Melnyk iTunes Feed Web Site
- Weekly lessons in Mandarin that get very strong reviews from users.
- Chinesepod.com iTunes Feed Web Site
- Another series of well-reviewed lessons that will let you learn Mandarin on your own terms.
- Chinese Learn Online iTunes Feed Web Site
- A dialogue-based introduction to Mandarin Chinese. Load them on your iPod and get up the Chinese curve.
- Think and Talk Like (the) Chinese iTunes Web Site
- Cathy Lu takes a look at the Chinese language, while introducing students to China’s history and culture.
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