Learn A Language

You can Learn A Language! There are eight to choose from.

Sign up and choose which course you are going to learn. For this example, I chose Italian.

An overview of what you will learn from the course.

Once I signed up I was introduced to Einstein. Or at least a 3D guy who looks an awful lot like Einstein. He gave me a tour of Learn A Language.

Einstein teaches you how to use the site.

Yep, that's right. Einstein gives you the grand tour of Learn A Language. There is a lot to do on this site as you can see in the picture above.

First you learn the your new words or phrases in the Learning Lounge.

3D Animals!

They show you the word in English and then in your target language. They even show you a picture of each of the words you learn. Olive loves this site because she loves learning the animals with their 3D moving pictures. It's her favourite!

After you learn the words you are going to have to prove you know them!

The first game is multiple choice to make it easy for you and help you learn the words a little better before you test them. It is called Memory Machine.

Once you have used the memory machine you should know most of the words well enough to  play a game that requires you to type in the words. This next game is called Soccer Game.

The idea is that you are playing soccer but the concept is the same as Hangman. It just has a prettier picture. You hit letters that you think are in the word. If they are in the word they appear in the "Letters Correct" area. If they are not correct, then you don't block the soccer ball and your team loses.

So, there you go. Choose a course, practice the words, play the games, and Learn A Language with Learn A Language.

Have fun.

Oh, but don't cut out of class early. Einstein hates that and won't give you any points for the lesson you quit!

Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

123 Teach Me

123 Teach Me is a site with resources, games, and a kid's section for learning Spanish for free online. This site has A LOT of stuff.

MUSIC

Los Elefantes - A Spanish Song For Children

The site has some popular children's songs and nursery rhymes. My favourite is Arroz Con Leche but Olive (one of my little sisters) loves Los Elefantes. We listen to all the songs.

GAMES

Destination Death: Find Your Missing Sister (Spanish, German, French)

One of my favourite games on the site is Destination Death even though it's not for kids. (So don't tell Faith because she'll tell on me, shhh!) The game is not as scary as they make you think (by saying it isn't for kids). Although, it is a little dark and you are looking for a missing person. So, if those kind of things give you the heebie jeebies you might want to pass.

You just have to be able to read some Spanish (or German or French since the game has those options.) and you'll be able to solve the mystery and find your missing sister in the airport. They give you a multiple choice list of responses which makes the game easier.

PLACEMENT TEST!

A Placement Test Question

 This one is important because you can see how much Spanish you know. I like to take them once a month to see how far I have progressed in my Spanish learning. This is one of my favourite features on 123 Teach Me.

One of my own scores from a placement test. My Spanish isn't perfect!?

There are a lot of other features on the site. You can sort sentences, listen to dialogues, take quizzes. You might want to make sure you have enough spare time when you check it out because you are going to want to spend a while on this one!

Languages: Spanish