Foreign Languages on iPod?

As a Spanish teacher, I have to say that audiobooks are a bit of a waste of money. You won't be able to learn the language unless you speak it. If you have bilingual friends, then audiobooks may be a good complement to help you practice your skills with them. But if you know you won't be talking to anyone in that language, then don't bother and save your money. If you are going to be studying abroad, then take a class on that particular language to get some of the basics skills before you leave for that country. Bottom line: without interaction, you will learn very little. Repeating after what a recording says is not even close to interaction. Hope this helps! Good luck!

If you are just interested in it for fun, then have a look when you open iTunes under podcasts on the website. There are so many areas such as music, radia and foreign languages and there are some that have a lesson each week on how to speak a language. I have discovered a both Japanese and Italian poscasts, and some of them are quite interesting. They are free, so it may be the best option especially if you are not sure what language you want to learn at first. I would not recommend learning a language entirely from audio books/podcasts, but it might be a way to start.

There are also some podcasts that don't actually teach you but support what you are learning from another source (ie at school) by having differing levels of stories and they also expand your vocabulary.

Hope this helps :-).

Yeah, I did this myslef for I-pod. I have a lot of mandarin and cantonese CDs I downloaded on mine. Also, you can by learning CDs on I-tunes store. I think it's great to have songs and maybe snipets of tv shows etc, in your target language. Remember no one source is going to teach you a language. The more angles you get it from the better. My only disappointment with the I-pod is it's hard to rewind just a little bit, say I missed a word I end up listening to the last 30 seconds. Good luck to you.