What I do when I try to learn a new language is search on the internet for interesting quotes. This helps you learn new words as well as some grammar. And you also sound clever when ever you come out with a good foreign quote. http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/ Good Luck...

The following site has a person say aloud the words or sentence that you have typed in. Choose the accent that you like after you type in your word/sentence. http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php?sitepal Here are also other pronunciation sites: http://www.pronuncian.com http://www.onestopenglish.com/skills/pronunciation/phonemic-chart-and-app/interactive-phonemic-chart/