Comments on: Learning a language the Web 2.0 way

By: sam william

sam william — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:09:44 +0000

Great list!!Adding another site to the list which i found a very effective way to learn faster that caught my eye recently .funnelbrain.com

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By: Matt Bury

Matt Bury — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:02:24 +0000

Great article by Nicola Robinsonova!

To me, it looks like a lot of startups are falling over themselves to offer social networking of all kinds to all people. The frameworks are undoubtedly there and there are some great ideas with using peer review so that you don’t have to hire qualified, experienced language instructors to give learners feedback – not such a bad thing since a lot of learners often have more experience than their tutors, especially in EFL!

What I think is missing is a structured, content driven approach. The original learning materials offered on these sites appears to be rudimentary, poorly designed and without any referenced indication of language level. As far as I can see, the traditional publishers such as CUP, OUP and Pearson still hold all the trump cards and I think in the near future, we’ll be hearing more about e-learning from them.

BTW, LiveMocha.com has recently announced a partnership with Pearson.

By: Learn10 - Power up your learning...

Learn10 - Power up your learning... — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:07:45 +0000

[...] There are many different types of sites for language learners because web 2.0 technology is so perfectly suited to helping you learn a new language. I have organised a tour of some of them here, and I’ve put together a directory of sites that [...]

By: jusy

jusy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:16:55 +0000

Hello,everyone.
Not sure if you guys have seen this website — http://www.sanbit.com

It seems like you can create your own words list and words on it. I registered, and create my word lists and browse other user’s words . It’s pretty good that you can copy other user’s words to be your own .
You can use the tool to learning languages by write/read/listen/speak/game….
Hope it could be help!

By: jusy

jusy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:15:36 +0000

Hello,everyone.
Not sure if you guys have seen this website — http://www.sanbit .com

By: carolzhou4

carolzhou4 — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:24:01 +0000

I recommend a Free Chinese Learning Webstie to you:http://www.mandarintube.com.
There are four key strands to our web-based materials. Each can be used as a stand-alone resource, but together they can help ensure you get a truly integrated learning experience.

Video Courses use everyday situations to help you
master key vocabulary, grammar and phrases in context.

MandarinTube Daily brings you breaking news and features
direct from China, with every news report supported by written
Chinese, pinyin and English translations.

Word Up brings you Chinese straight from the streets, with
all the key phrases your textbook never taught you…

Sign Speak carries on the theme of real life Chinese,
using common (and less common) signs from around
Beijing to introduce you to more of China’s language and culture.

Finally PhraseBuilder has been specially created to help non-Chinese people master the complexities of Chinese vocabulary. By grouping words into meaningful categories and introducing them through context-driven methods, PhraseBuilder helps you come to grips with pronunciation, character writing and sentence construction together.

By: Directory of web 2.0 language resources « The Learn10 Blog

Directory of web 2.0 language resources « The Learn10 Blog — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:51:22 +0000

[...] researching available resources for my TechCrunch UK article, it has become clear that what we need is a language specific directory of resources for learners [...]

By: jorge

jorge — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:36:22 +0000

I have seen some people looking to learn spanish in http://www.guate360.com

By: The Edisco Agenda » Blog Archive » Social language networks: Too many choices, not enough substance

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:19:14 +0000

[...] around social networking. Nicola Robinsonova of Learnitlists.com contributed a great article on the UK version of TechCrunch a few months ago focusing squarely on how social networking has evolved into a place for people to [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:29:56 +0000

If anybody out there is looking to learn English quickly and effectively, I recommend BusinessWeek BSL – Business as a Second Language. It lets you learn English while staying up to date with current events. Check out http://www.businessweekbsl.com for a free subscription.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:40:01 +0000

Great list! I blog about learning Spanish and it’s overwhelming the number of resources out there.

By: gorka arce

gorka arce — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:23:47 +0000

Hi Nicola,

thanks for the article, very exhaustive and objective review of the state of things in the branch.

greetings from palabea

gorka

By: Bernhard

Bernhard — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:30:05 +0000

Hi, very nice article indeed…but as Co-Founder of http://www.busuu.com I think though that it’s worth mentioning our website as well!

We launched in May and are thriving – we recently introduced a flash-based motivational tool where the learning progress of the user is directly visualized.
You can have a look at our tour here:
http://www.busuu.com/tour

Kind regards from Madrid

By: Directory of web 2.0 language resources | Learnit lists

Directory of web 2.0 language resources | Learnit lists — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:50:40 +0000

[...] researching available resources for my techcrunch UK article, it has become clear that what we need is a language specific directory of resources for learners [...]

By: kız giydirme

kız giydirme — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:13:03 +0000

Web 2,0 will be definitly the main , thanks

By: Dramagirl

Dramagirl — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:41:27 +0000

Face to Face and Spoken {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/dypM9OhsJt_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”Face to Face and Spoken ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/rOp1oZxMHR”}}}

By: Nicola Robinsonova

Nicola Robinsonova — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:33:45 +0000

I found over a hundred sites with resources for language learners. To review all of them would be appropriate for a directory, rather than an article. What is special about WordChamp or SpanishPod/ChinesePod, out of interest?

By: Alexandre Rafalovitch

Alexandre Rafalovitch — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:24:23 +0000

I find it strange that neither WordChamp or SpanishPod/ChinesePod are mentioned. They both have innovative technologies that are well worth exploring.

By: Egbert

Egbert — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:29:03 +0000

Hi,

My name is Egbert van Keulen, co-founder of http://www.myngle.com, the global marketplace for live online language instruction.

This is a great article, and almost complete as unfortunately there is no mentioning of Myngle, one of the leading players in this field, with 20,000 members signing up since December 2007.

A good demonstration of how live online language instruction works can be found in our brand new demo: http://www.myngle.com/demo/demo.swf

Now the list is complete.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:12:32 +0000

Chinesepod.com for the win. Freaking awesome.

By: TDK

TDK — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:57:02 +0000

Good survey of websites! I’m working on new method of learning second languages, based on my background in speech pathology and neuroscience. My focus is on auditory processing, or learning to hear a foreign language. There are many methods that teach learners to read and write a foreign language, and then you arrive in the foreign country and can’t understand what people are saying, and they can’t understand your accent. Contact me via my website if you want to share ideas.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:38:07 +0000

Wow – a pretty exhaustive list of the language sites – well researched!

Thanks for the mention of getawayphrases.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:12:16 +0000

Dear Guest Autor,
Thank you for this review. It´s really complete and useful. My name is Patricia and I am the founder of palabea.net. I only want to say that we don´t have any PR Agentur : ). We do all things by ourselfes…
Patricia

By: JPWisler

JPWisler — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:08:29 +0000

Timely post.

I have been learning Dutch on Twitter….I have a feeling the grammer is not correct.