So, I tried learning Italian and Russian with the websites provided. I chose those two because Italian seems easy due to its similarity with Spanish, and Russian because... I don't know actually, I mean, I know it's difficult, so learning it by using a website seemed a huge challenge.
A behavioristic approach in learning a language can be applied, for example, to learn pronunciation by repeating drills and short sentences. And as many of the websites count with a multimedia section in which you can listen to short recordings or watch videos, they might work really good with this behavioristic issue. So, both webpages worked! They both have the option of listening words (to repeat them, of course), or isolated letters. In this sense, then, they are really useful, although, actually, you cannot tell if your enunciation is good enough or if it sounds as it should. So, isn't this a little tricky?
Moving on, we step into grammar rules. Once again, both websites have grammar rules and a little application. In both webpages you can see the way in which feminine and masculine, or singular and plural are different, and in both you will find examples to get the idea even more clearer. And it is important to know this because a good grammar instruction will give you the proper way to use the language. But! if you learn this by heart, you can be fully prepared to put these rules into practice, however, you will never know if you can think all of them instantly when speaking to a native speaker of the target language, right? It is important to know all the rules of a language to use it properly, but equally important is to actually USE the language, live it and experience it!
Websites used:
http://www.professorgio.com/ (for Italian)
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/russian/ (for Russian)
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