subject: Benefits Of Using Software To Learn Foreign Languages [print this page] Author: Dave Mundy Author: Dave Mundy
There are many reasons that make learning a foreign language a smart use of time. If you choose to do this then you want to make sure you don't spend more time and money then is necessary There are a number of options available that include immersion, college courses, software application and hiring a language teacher. Given the heavy time and financial investment needed by the other decisions we may target language learning software. The benefits of learning a foreign language with language learning software includes convenience, lower cash and time investment and the level of interactivity. Because of these benefits we will focus mainly on language learning software in this article. Let's start with the convenience. . .
Ease Of Use
One of the biggest benefits for using language learning software is the great level of convenience it provides. The software allows you to have a language expert available when you want them to be. In fact in the more advanced applications you can even practice pronunciation. This means in those strange times during the day when you have some free time you may use it to put some more time behind your language goals. This is a major advantage as compared to the other forms of learning mentioned here. Of course this naturally leads to the next big benefit of using the software. . . Lower Cash And Time Investment
Using language learning software among the decisions given in this piece is by a large margin the least expensive choice. Given that an immersion program if you have the time and money to do it is going to cost at least $10k after you take under consideration everything required to get you to a foreign country and then set up to be over there long enough to get benefit from it. Taking classes is going to cost you somewhere around $50-$60 a credit hour and you are going to require at least 100 hours of time in so you can see that cost right there. If you are able to find a tutor for say half the class room costs it'll still need an identical quantity of time. These are the reasons why a $250 or less piece of software given the alternatives just sounds correct. Especially if you consider that for the most part you are getting the same tutorial benefits. Which leads to the final advantage of usability. . . User Involvement
Most of the software on the market for language learning comes along with interactive audio lessons, illustrated grammar lessons, word building games and even speech recognition software for pronunciation. The more advanced software offerings even come provided with an interactive forum where you can interact with a particular language's professionals and fellow students for any questions you will have. The main intent of this article was to look at the reasons why you would want to use software to learn another language. For that reason we looked at the benefits of using software that included ease of use, less expensive time and cash investment and user involvement factors. We didn't spend a large amount of time looking into the sophisticated features found on some software offerings like speech recognition. Regardless, we think the information shared was more then enough for you to make a decision arrived at with adequate information.About the Author:
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