mp3 player and learning a language?

[longers]

A friend wants an mp3 playing device for christmas and his better half contacted me for advice. So I thought I'd ask you lot :?:

He wants to out music on it but is also interested in learning a language. Is it possible to get language courses on mp3 players?

They will probably go down the route of getting an I-pod just for the ease of use of them (their thinking was if I can use one, then he should be able to).

Thanks in advance.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

if you get language tutorials on cd, it's a cinch to transfer them to an ipod, so that would be my recommendation.

 

[spandex]

+1

 

[cookiemonster]

That's what I done with my Finnish language course. Bought the Teach Yourself CD and book, put the CD on the Ipod. Doddle.

 

[Kovu]

And you can get free language podcasts as well if you search the net, downloaded a few spanish ones for my school work.

 

[John the Monkey]

The French Podclass is really good, imo;

http://frenchpodclass.com/

If anyone knows of one for Dutch, please post it

 

[longers]

Cheer all, simple then really

The podcasts thing is good.

 

[fossyant]

Any MP3 player will do, not just IPods. Creative do some cracking stuff.

 

[John the Monkey]

...or a 'phone - the podcast application on my N82 is really good.

 

[PaulB]

Any MP3 player will do, not just IPods. Creative do some cracking stuff.

My Creative Zen was VERY unreliable and the technical service was virtually non-existant. The result is a knackered Zen, less than 1/3rd full that cannot be added to or deleted from and takes about 8 minutes to start up each time you want to use it. Can't recommend them to anyone given my poor experience with them.

 

[dan_bo]

yes they do. juggling between a big (80 G) ipod or a smaller (32 G) zen. watcha reckon foss?

sorry f't hijack longers-i was gonna thread this anyway..........

 

[dan_bo]

then again, i might read what paul just rit.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

ipod dan_bo. don't believe the style-over-substance rubbish. ipods are form and function in perfect harmony.

 

[dan_bo]

I fancied a radio on it as well. oh well- i've got a smaller creative one for that kind of thing.

 

[fossyant]

Not a big user of any TBH - we have two tiny creatives - a Stone for the wife at the gym - yeh only 2GB, but enough for 10-15 albums. It's the size of about 4 50p's stacked, and with the silicon covers , just clips onto your top.

Both solid state memory though and no HD - fine for what we use one for, and certainly good enough.