Linux.com: Enhancing Second Language Acquisition with Audacity

"As a language educator and IT aficionado, I am constantly searching for tools that I can use in conjunction with language education. Lately I've been using the audio manipulation and conversion tool Audacity to record and edit audio inputs and convert them into a variety of formats, including the ever popular MP3, for a number of uses in courses and course materials preparation.

"For example, I use an MP3 player/recorder to record my lectures, which allows me to move around the classroom while recording. I then copy the audio file to the computer and edit it with Audacity so absent students can hear the lesson..."

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