Resource Links

The following links are specifically for the challenges faced by the older language learner:

Language Tutoring – This is an all-purpose language learning web site web site including a great section on learning a language later in life: http://www.languagetutoring.co.uk/learning-a-language-later-in-life.html National Teaching and Language Forum – A general web site that covers higher education including language learning. Here’s a great article, specifically for the older learner: http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/87-9dig.htm

There are also several self-study web sites and forums which allow you to take courses at your own pace and even connect with native speakers for a language exchange:

Live Mocha - http://www.livemocha.com/

My Language Exchange – http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/

Linguaphone - http://www.linguaphonegroup.com/

Rosetta Stone, the well-known language learning company also has a language exchange known as Shared Talk - http://sharedtalk.com/

Remember, the best way to learn a language is immersion, repetition… and persistence. Age doesn’t matter… you can learn a language any time!