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What if you could start self-learning a language while doing something enjoyable - like reading?
That's what I was thinking the other day when I was grounded and sick in bed. I love reading and I really would like to learn at least a little bit of another language. However, my brain is slow (from age) and thick (from illness). So...
I landed first on this resource. I haven't checked it out at all yet, but I did bookmark a few novels and stories to start with. You can do your own search but in the meantime, here is my start list of books and resources:
- Holmes' "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (Spanish/English)
- Woolf's "The Mark on the Wall" (Spanish/English)
- Alba Learning has bilingual books listed in various language combinations.
- Bilinuguis is where I found the Holmes book. The site shows as "not secure" in my browser so...
- Fluentu had more resources but these are my favorites to check out later:
- The Beelingua app for Android and iPhone
- This Weebly page - not secure in my browser
- This book of short stories.
I took a quick screenshot of one of the pages to show here:
This is exciting to me. The only time I have every learned even just single words in another language is when I could find a way to relate. I learned that Ouai is in French what Yeah is in English because of a hair product I sampled. Years ago, when I lived in England my best neighbor-friend was Welsh and she taught me a couple of mild swear words. I recently couldn't remember when I last had a mammogram but I haven't forgotten how to tell someone to kiss my behind in Welsh!
I really hope this helps someone who has been looking for such resources. Enjoy and spread the word.
Peace
-Free
