Monday, March 16, 2009

Education and Learning

Learn a Foreign Language, Without Leaving Home.

"One of the most famous newspapers around the world, the New York Times, covered a major story about an excellent language learning solution, as is Livemocha. Livemocha has been recognized as one of the best ways to learn a foreign language."



The best way to learn a foreign language may be to go abroad, and to be surrounded with native speakers. But as we well – know most of the times when we want to learn a new language, we can´t afford to go abroad, and Livemocha makes easier and possible this process.

Livemocha gives native speakers an opportunity to learn a foreign language without leaving home; just using the Internet you can learn the basics and practice for hours a language. It is a free site where members can train themselves, they just have to download the daily lessons, the beginning or intermediate lessons in French, German, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Hindi or English, then try their conversational skills with tutors or languages buddies from around the world, with the same interest on learning a new language, and maybe just talk to exchange language lessons.

So, for those who want to improve their high- school Spanish, before going to the Caribe on vacations, or to practice a foreign language to charm a future business, this web site offers many options to do it, www.livemocha.com. And, the best part of it? Is for free! There is no charge for tutoring; instead, members teach one another, using their own knowledge about the native language.

Members chat online by typing messages, talking by video, in exchanges with others who want to teach or to learn.

English speakers learning Spanish, for example, can write or speak descriptions of what they are doing, or about their favorite dish, and receive feedback on their grammar from native Spanish speakers on the network. A Spanish speaker, in turn, may seek advice from the English speaker about English vocabulary.


Livemocha introduced its Web site in late September 2007. Since then, about 200,000 users from more than 200 countries have joined. It is a community of like-minded learners who can exchange their native language profiency to help one another. The name Livemocha is meant to evoke the relaxed atmosphere of a coffee shop and people just talking.


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