Resource Review: Sennheiser RS120 Wireless Headphones

I realized recently that I need to spend a lot more time listening to Arabic. When I began the language my motivation to listen wasn't all that high, because I could hardly understand anything. Now that I'm seven months into the course, my vocabulary is big enough to make listening really worthwhile. I've also found resources that I genuinely enjoy listening to, like BBC Arabic radio and Al-Jazeera Lil-Atfal. I would be happy to spend a couple hours an evening now just watching TV or listening to the radio. However, as a husband and a father of a six-month old, it's hard to sit still long enough in the evenings to study much of anything. My wife, who is striving to learn Arabic as a full-time mom, has it even harder.

So to make our study habits more efficient, I decided to buy these headphones for my wife for her birthday... and then dutifully tested them out. I love them so far. We plug the base into a computer, stereo or iPod, and then we are free to roam around the house... changing diapers, doing dishes, playing with our tifl, all while studying al-lugha al-arabiyya. Yes, we're dorks... but it works.

Only complaint is some minor static at times, but nothing showstopping. You can read the rest of the details in the Amazon reviews.