Learning a Language From an Expert, on the Web

Sat Jul 31 13:59:43 UTC 2010

New York Times

Learning a Language From an Expert, on the Web

The message from the 14-year-old Tunisian skateboarder was curt. "Totally wrong," he said of my French. My conjugation was off and I should study spelling. On a scale of one to five, he said, my French practice essay was worth a one. Then he disappeared into the anonymity of the Internet.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/technology/personaltech/29basics.html?src=me&ref=general

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