Free Language Lessons on iTunes!

I've been learning Russian for quite a few years. I've just discovered something pretty cool for anyone learning a language. You can get free audio lessons on iTunes under the podcasting section!

It's really nice, because pronunciation is one area of language that people usually need help on. It's one thing to read it in a book, but entirely different to hear it spoken aloud.

I did a search for "Russian" in the iTunes search bar and got more results than I can count. Not all of them are great. Some give you just the first 10 lessons free and then direct you to a website where you can buy more (a great business idea actually), but there are some that have a huge archive of lessons. I'm still playing around with which ones I like and dislike, but since they are all FREE it's a no-risk great reward situation.

I also downloaded a few French lessons that seemed pretty nice and easy.

This discovery has only fueled my belief that podcasting is going to grow tremendously over the next few years. There certainly is a lot less competition in podcasting then there is in blogging and it seems like there are good opportunities to sell audio advertising on popular podcasts.

Anyways, I thought it was a cool discovery that I could share.