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THE best way to learn a foreign language may be to surround yourself with native speakers. But if you can’t manage a trip abroad the Internet and a broadband computer connection may do the job, too, bringing native speakers within electronic reach for hours of practice.

LiveMocha http://www.livemocha.com offers 160 hours of beginning or intermediate lessons for free.

By ANNE EISENBERG

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