Interview with Clint Schmidt, Livemocha’s Vice President of Marketing and Product
In this interview with Clint Schmidt, LiveMocha’s Vice President of Marketing and Product, he shares what he thinks makes LiveMocha unique and he introduces some exciting new products coming down the pipe. He also responds to some of my grilling questions about the role of grammar in language learning. To learn more about LiveMocha, check out my review of the site’s pros and cons here. Listen to the Interview Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your...
read moreReview of Rosetta Stone language Learning Products
With $210,000,000 in sales last year, Rosetta Stone is far and away the best selling language learning product on the market today. But Rosetta Stone’s sales figures say more about the company’s marketing budget than the quality of their products. A quick look around the web reveals a healthy mix of positive and negative feedback about the product, but there is a big problem with objectivity: the positive reviews tend to be from affiliate sites hoping you click the “Buy” link. Since I don’t sell Rosetta Stone, I figure I can provide an honest, objective review of the...
read moreWhy Most Fail in Language Learning and How YOU Can Succeed
This is the complete version of a shorter presentation I entered in the “Fuze Tell a Story Contest.” It expands much more on: 1) Why most learners fail to learn foreign languages depsite years of effort. 2) Tips on fostering the right attitude for successful language learning. 3) Advice on what materials to use for maximum efficacy and efficiency.
read moreReview of LingQ.com
Pronounced like the word “link” (not “ling-kyu” as it is often mispronounced), LingQ is an an online and iOS app based language learning system created by Steve Kaufmann (see my interview with him here). The “freemium” site focuses on listening and reading tasks, allowing users to easily look up and save unknown words and phrases (what they call “LingQing”, hence the name of the site). LingQ currently boasts tools for 11 languages, which also happen to be the languages Steve speaks: Chinese...
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