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ChinesePod.com

Update from ChinesePod.com

This just in from the folks at Praxis Language's ChinesePod:

1000 Lessons!

This month ChinesePod hit an exciting milestone: its 1,000th lesson! Many thanks go to our loyal Poddies for all their support over the last 1,000 podcasts, and especially for the countless creative and useful lesson ideas. We could never have made it without you! So, now that we've covered every topic from toilet talk to being abducted by aliens, we toast a glass of baijiu in your honor, and look forward to what's to come. Have a listen to our special celebratory podcast.

Congratulations!

ChinesePod really is an amazing and fun way to learn Mandarin. Take the tour and find out more!

French, Spanish, Italian and English too!

ChinesePod is the first podcast to be released by the Praxis Language team. Praxis Language bases its products on combined Web-based and mobile learning. Community, fresh media content, talented course design team, array of web-based tools for practice and review. A unique combination of media and method, it's no wonder thousands are using ChinesePod every day.

The success of ChinesePod has enabled the release and growth of FrenchPod, SpanishPod, Learn Italian with ItalianPod and Learn English with EnglishPod.

Praxis's podcast-driven, socially enhanced, user backed language-learning phenomenon is maturing elegantly!

ItalianPod by Praxis Language

Praxis Language is hard at work! In the last month they have released two podcasts, doubling their previous number of shows by adding ItalianPod and FrenchPod to ChinesePod and SpanishPod.

I suspect they will be releasing at least three more shows in the coming months for Arabic, German and Japanese.

Praxis has developed a unique method for learning languages online. It incorporates technology with solid methodology and has become amazingly popular.

Find out more by exploring ItalianPod.com, where you can quickly jump to all their other sites.

Radio Lingua Network One Minute Languages Podcast

Radio Lingua Network has a series of One Minute Languages Podcasts that are great intros for total beginner learners of German, Irish, Luxembourgish, Norwegian and Russian.

One Minute Languages Podcast Series

One Minute Languages German Podcast
One Minute Languages Irish Podcast
One Minute Languages Luxembourgish Podcast
One Minute Languages Norwegian Podcast
One Minute Languages Polish Podcast
One Minute Languages Russian Podcast

Happy St Patrick's Day in Irish

From Website

The Radio Lingua Network: Language-learning on the move

The Radio Lingua Network puts you in control of your language learning.

Our programmes include materials for beginners in Spanish, French, Italian and German, with more languages and levels coming soon. Our materials are aimed at independent learners of all ages: all you need to learn another language is access to the internet and some enthusiasm! You can learn wherever you want to at a time that suits you. By using an iPod or another mp3 player you can take your learning with you - learning with podcasts allows you to learn a language on the move.

Podwhat?

Podcasts are online audio or video recordings. You can listen to our podcasts on our website, or you can download them to your computer or mp3 player. The most effective way of using podcasts is by subscribing. This means that every time we release a new show you automatically receive it without having to go and look for the show on our websites. You can subscribe in iTunes and other podcast programs. Best of all, subscribing doesn't cost a penny!

Why podcasting?

Podcasting is changing language-learning for millions of learners across the world. It's no longer a question of going to a bookstore and buying a book and CD. Podcasting gives you free access to expert teachers. You can download what you want, and you can learn at your own pace, where and when it suits you. We believe you learn best when you're enjoying yourself, so learn German at the gym, Greek in the garden or Welsh as you walk the dog! The Radio Lingua Network is language-learning on the move.

And there's more

If you're reading your language-learning book and you have a question what can you do about it? You could ask your teacher at your next class, but if you're learning on your own then perhaps you have no way of finding the answer to your question. With Radio Lingua podcasts, you become part of a community: you can ask your fellow learners through the blogs and forums associated with each series and, in some cases, you can even contact the teacher directly.

Taking it further

All of our podcasts are available free via our websites and directories such as iTunes. However many of our titles also have extra materials which include downloadable pdf lesson guides which explain the language taught in each lesson; enhanced podcasts or and video versions which include flashcards of the words and phrases presented on the screen of your computer or portable media player as you listen; bonus audio podcasts giving you further opportunities to practise the words and phrases you have learned in each lesson; review podcasts which summarise the language covered in previous lessons; and other materials like printable quizzes, online activities and even mobile phone versions of the podcasts. Each series has a different combination of features: visit the individual websites for more information.

Visit RadioLingua.com

LingQCentral or LingQ Central

I've just added two more podcasts from the LingQ Podcast Network: ChineseLingQ and ItalianLingQ.

I'd also like to point out LingQCentral, "where you'll find everything related to LingQ". It's the place to stay tuned to all things LingQ. They put out quite a lot of useful content and work very hard to create effective online resources for learning 10 foreign languages, so check them out!

Hopefully one day I will be able to interview Steve himself, though I don't know if he wants to talk to me again after I didn't follow through last time for multiple reasons. He sent me a copy of his book, which I read most of and enjoyed, but was overloaded with life at the time and didn't properly thank him. Steve: if you're out there, thanks and when you want to try again, just drop me a line. :)

LingQ Language Podcast Network

ChineseLingQ
EnglishLingQ
FrenchLingQ
GermanLingQ
ItalianLingQ
JapaneseLingQ
PortugueseLingQ
RussianLingQ
SpanishLingQ
SwedishLingQ

I recently added a podcast for learning Hindi and two articles on more resources from the BBC Languages website: German and Mandarin Chinese.

Namaste Dosti: The Learn Hindi Podcast for Grammar and Vocabulary for Beginners
BBC Languages Mandarin Chinese
BBC Languages German