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LANGUAGES OUT THERE ON FACEBOOK GETS THE WORLD SPEAKING EACH OTHER’S LANGUAGE
publication date: Nov 17, 2009
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author/source: Jason West
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LANGUAGES OUT THERE ON FACEBOOK GETS THE WORLD SPEAKING EACH OTHER’S LANGUAGE
A New Language School Debuts on Facebook with the Vivox Voice Chat Application
UK based Languages Out There has launched a new online, social-based language learning course designed to accelerate learning by chatting live with native speakers. Taking advantage of the global scale of the Facebook platform and the new Vivox Voice on Facebook beta application, Languages Out There aims to revolutionise how people learn a foreign language.
In development over the past eight years with a wide array of students, Languages Out There’s online courses specialise in teaching English as a second language. With the support of e-books to manage and focus the conversation to maximise learning, courses are available in three different styles: Self-study, One to One and Teacher Delivered Groups. Courses are available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish with further dialects to follow shortly.
“Online social networks are changing the way we interact with each other on a global scale,” explains Jason West, founder of Languages Out There. There are millions of people looking to learn a new language on Facebook – either English as a second language or another dialect. Facebook and Vivox Voice allow us to remove any road blocks by connecting individuals on a shared platform with proven global scale. Immersion is a far more effective way of learning a new language than traditional classroom teaching. We are bringing that style to an online setting. After just a couple of sessions, learners will experience a considerable boost in confidence and fluency. It is Language Exchange 2.0 from the comfort of your home.”
“The combination of the Facebook platform , Vivox voice and Languages Out There course materials create a dynamic and effective language school that makes the world feel a little smaller,” comments Monty Sharma, co-founder and VP of Marketing at Vivox. “Languages Out There is just one of the many innovative means in which people are deploying voice chat in their communities on Facebook. By offering realtime communications to students they will see real results that will help drive their strategy while participants will experience lively and meaningful exchanges designed to forever enhance their lives.”
About: Languages Out There Ltd. Languages Out There (LOT) started teaching English Out There in London, in the UK, in 2001. Their real practice English conversation lessons teach learners some new language and then get them using it with complete strangers or native or fluent online practice partners. The technique helps learners to overcome their fear of speaking and boosts their confidence and motivation levels.
In 2006 they started using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to make free online phone calls and quickly realised that their approach to teaching English was a perfect fit with the online environment and new web 2.0 communications technology.
They have spent 250,000 hours preparing their tried and tested materials for publication for use by teachers and learners both in the real world and online. LOT has also just published a free ebook called ‘For Want of a Better Word’. It has been endorsed by Steven Pinker, the world-famous psycholinguist and multi-million selling author of ‘The Language Instinct’, ‘Words and Rules’ and ‘The Stuff of Thought’, who says it is, “A visual, verbal, and intellectual delight.” The book uses humour to illustrate why the English language is so difficult to learn well. It is also a call to action for the world’s fluent English speakers and encourages them to help others to practise the language that they speak so well. For more information on courses and costs, visit www.Facebook.com/EnglishOutThere, www.EnglishOutThere.com or www.LanguagesOutThere.com
About Vivox, Inc. END
For more information contact:
Cathal Morrow, publicity Email: cathal@thecompletekant.com Mobile: +34 666 418 858
Jennifer Frkanec, Director of Marketing, Vivox Email: jfrkanec@vivox.com Mobile: +001 978 808 5086
Jason West, founder, Languages Out There Email: Jason@languagesoutthere.com Mobile: +44 7799 062 377 |
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