First Podcast Review - Teach Yourself a Foreign Language

OK, this podcast is not exactly for one specific language but about learning languages. The name of the host is Claude Cartaginese. He gives a lot of different hints and tips about learning languages through self study. I found the audio interesting but the titles and descriptions of episodes was a bit unorganised. Don't let that discourage you anyway because what is said on the show is very helpful. The website address is:
http://podlearner.podomatic.com/

If you want to contact Claude, you can e-mail him at:
podlearner@yahoo.com

Podcasting - the new way to get information out

Most of you will know about Podcasting. Podcasting is a way of distributing audio and video information via RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds. I have found many podcasts in the past few years. The first time I came across a podcast was probably when I came across Star Wars En Direct - the bilingual (French and English) Star Wars podcast. This was probably the first podcast I ever came across. After that I found Chinese Pod and Japanese Pod 101 - two of the best language podcasts I have ever come across. I have found many language podcasts after that. Some in languages I won't learn and some podcasts in languages that I do learn. In the coming while I will be posting one entry about a podcast I choose every time I come to my blog so it will be quite unscheduled. I hope that amongst the many podcasts that I write about you will find one that you will enjoy and will want to learn from. Some of them are put to a schedule and are pay services and some are just made by amateurs. No matter who made it there are quality language podcasts out there.

Ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka ʻōlelo paʻi ʻai

Hello all,
This post is called "Ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi a me ka ʻōlelo paʻi ʻai". This means "The Hawaiian language and the English Pidgin language". I hope that is correct. Near the start of my Hawaiian learning experience I found the Kulāiwi show and the iLearn Hawaiian podcast. While searching Youtube I found a very funny video. It was a video done by a lady named Tita. Tita was talking about how the Pidgin language is slightly misunderstood by some people who don't speak it. Here is the video for you to watch:



What do you think? It is important for the Hawaiian people to know of their culture and background as well as language. I am going to post a few site links here of sites I find helpful when learning Hawaiian:

• Kulāiwi
• iLearn Hawaiian
• Uni Lang Wiki - Hawaiian
• The Hawaiian Language Web Site
• Hawaiian Dictionaries
• Hawai'i Digital Library
• ULUKAU - The Hawaiian Electronic Library

I have found each of these links hepful when learning Hawaiian. But what about Pidgin? Well if you really need the help with Pidgin then here are a few sites to help you:

• Hawaii's Full On Pidgin
• Da Hawaii Pdign Bible

I hope that all this helps. If you find any other websites for learning either Hawaiian or Pidgin please leave a comment on this post. Mahalo (Thankyou!) for your interest in Hawaiian and Pidgin.

Hello world!

Hello world,
The reason that I setup this blog was to journal about my experiences with languages. I am learning quite a few languages hence I am making this blog to share my stories and what I have learnt. It will help me alot as I make my notes and keep myself accountable for writing here. The languages which I am learning are:

• German
• Hawaiian
• Japanese
• Greek
• Korean
• Spanish
  

OK, I will make sure that I write stuff here often. Bye,
Matt.