language learning

Learn English with Michael Jackson

July 6, 2009

I don’t have any data on overall effectiveness, but englishcafe.com’s approach to teaching English can certainly be quite entertaining. Here’s the start of a new series that leverages the legacy of King of Pop Michael Jackson to expand the English learner’s vocabulary. It’s a thriller. (Click through if you don’t see the video.) Popout Jeff [...]

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5 Free Web Tools for Learning a Language Collaboratively

June 30, 2009

This is a guest post by Caitlin Smith Learning a language on your own can be done, but it’s much more fun and potentially easier to learn through communicating with others. The Web provides a great forum for this, with tools of all kinds that let language learners talk to one another and learn from [...]

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Myngling to Learn a Language

May 19, 2009

I’ve been thinking about brushing up on my Russian lately, and so decided to take a look at some of the interactive language learning sites that are now available on the Web. First stop, Myngle, a site that helps language learners connect with teachers of more than 40 different languages. Myngle provides a virtual classroom [...]

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20 Language Learning Sites from the Learning Monitor

December 2, 2008

I just pressed “Publish” on a new edition of the Free Learning Monitor, so I thought I’d take a moment to highlight this Mission to Learn resource and maybe attract a few new subscribers (Subscribe and automatically receive the most recent edition.) The Monitor is a monthly compilation of free and low cost learning resources [...]

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