WeSpeke is a new language-based social networking service that connects speakers of different languages and provides a forum through which they can teach each other their respective languages. Continue reading
Category Archives: Interactive Teaching
Foreigncy: News Material for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Foreigncy is a new language learning aid designed specifically for intermediate to advanced speakers of Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hebrew, and Russian. Its goal is to help students who already know the basics of a foreign language keep their skills sharp by completing intricately designed lesson plans that incorporate real news articles in their desired language. Continue reading
How to use Antidote
Antidote is the best and the latest in software designed specifically to help students with their writing assignments by including a comprehensive spell checker, an on-board French dictionary, a sophisticated thesaurus, and grammar and syntax guidelines. Antidote goes well beyond the capacities of Microsoft’s French spell-checker.
Duolingo: A free Language-learning Website
Duolingo is a free language-learning website and crowdsourced text translation platform. The service is designed so that, as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents. As of October 2013, the site offers Spanish (Latin American), French, German, Portuguese (Brazilian), and Italian courses for English speakers, as well as English (American) for Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian speakers. Continue reading