<p>Why are you so bent on language software? I’m trying to teach myself French and this is what I use/did.</p>
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<li>This, mostly: [LiveMocha[/url</a>]. Get a cheap mic so you can work on your pronunciation and have members grade you. It’s easy to find other people to talk with.</li>
<li>[url=<a href=“http://www.dliflc.edu/index.html]Defense”>http://www.dliflc.edu/index.html]Defense</a> Language Institute Foreign Language Center](<a href=“Official Rosetta Stone® - Language Learning - Learn a Language”>Official Rosetta Stone® - Language Learning - Learn a Language)
---- Specifically, [url=<a href=“http://gloss.dliflc.edu/]GLOSS[/url”>http://gloss.dliflc.edu/]GLOSS[/url</a>]. There are other helpful articles and things on the DLIFLC’s website, but it’s all a ***** to navigate.</li>
<li>I’ve got Rosetta Stone downloaded as an .iso, but I haven’t gotten around to installing it. </li>
<li>I’ve got tons of French websites for news, entertainment, sports, etc. bookmarked. Plenty of videos, audio, and articles.</li>
<li>I’ve also got French RSS feeds, both culture-based ones and ones meant for learning the language.</li>
<li>Wikipedia and other websites offer extra lessons on French grammar.</li>
<li><p>Find children’s books in French online. It’s how I learned a good deal of English so go figure. As I get better I’ll read translations of more difficult material.</p></li>
<li><p>I changed my Firefox profile’s primary language to French, with English as the backup. Now if a website is offered in French, it will appear that way instead of in English.</p></li>
<li><p>Facebook, gmail, and everything else is in French. Basically it’s just forcing yourself to read and understand French.</p></li>
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<p>And I’ve got translators, both Eng > Fr and Fr > Eng, on my desktop for quick translations. </p>
<p>All of this was free, so that’s good. The only issue with not having a formal teacher is that learning how to pronounce words can be difficult if you have no one to ask for help. Learning to pronounce properly will take more time, as you have no one to correct you. All you have to do though is find someone to converse with, and your problem’s solved.</p>