The Free Language Letter - July 4, 2007

Fifth Edition

Welcome to the fifth edition of The Free Language Letter.

Korean Resource Section Added

We are happy to announce a new resource section for the Korean language!

There is now a total of 15 languages available on the site.

New Free Resources

15 new free resources for 7 languages have been added to the site:

Afrikaans

Study and Learn Afrikaans Easy at EasyAfrikaans.com

Arabic

Download Free FSI Arabic Language Courses

French

Improve Your French with the Lille Podcast from France
Download Free FSI French Language Courses

Korean

Study and Learn About the Korean Alphabet or Writing System at Omniglot.com
Learn Korean Alphabet, Basic Conversation and Key Vocabulary
KBS World Radio Let's Learn Practical Korean Web Tutorial with Audio

Mandarin Chinese

Download Free FSI Mandarin Chinese Language Courses

Russian

Taste of Russian Podcast with Free MP3 Audio and PDF Transcripts

Spanish

Improve Spanish with Español Podcast or Spanish Podcast
Rojas Spanish Language Podcast for Intermediate and Advanced Learners
Download Free FSI Spanish Language Courses

4 new multi-lingual resources have been added to the site:

Multi-Lingual Resources

italki.com Free Skype VoIP and IM Language Partner Community
NetTVDB Free Database of Internet/Web TV Stations in Multiple Languages and Countries
PhraseBase.com Multi-Lingual Conversational Phrase Database Resource
expatriates.com Free International Multi-Lingual Language Exchange Partner Classifieds

Commercial Resource Database Started

From polyglot's blog:

"Just wanted to unofficially announce that starting soon we will be posting commercial resources through the front page of the site. There will continue to be a steady flow of free resources interspersed with these commercial resources.

We are doing this in order to create more revenue in order to improve site features, look and feel and organization..."

Find out more.

New Commercial Resources

5 new commercial resources have been added for 5 languages:

Arabic

Rosetta Stone Learn Arabic Language Software Level 1 (Commercial)

English

Rosetta Stone Learn US American English Language Software Level 1 (Commercial)

Japanese

Rosetta Stone Learn Japanese Software Level 1 (Commercial)

Mandarin Chinese

Rosetta Stone Learn Mandarin Chinese Language Software Level 1 (Commercial)

Spanish

Rosetta Stone Learn Latin American Spanish Language Software Level 1 (Commercial)

Podcast Coming

The first Free Language Podcast show was supposed to be here two months ago, but it was put on the back burner in order to launch the new languages and commercial resources.

We are now setting a potential release date of late-July. We know this is lagging, but it will be worth the wait.

The Blog Gains Momentum

Lots of activity has been going on over at the Free Language Blog.

It is currently the #1 blog on TopBlogArea.com in the Resources Section.

It is also currently #7 on BlogTopSites.com in their Resources Section.

If you are interested in blogging about your language-learning experiences here, you are invited to request a BETA user account on Free Language. As mentioned in the March 2007 Free Language Letter, when Free Language V3 is launched, revenue sharing for users will be implemented.

Current Languages

A quick list of all 15 languages for which resources are currently available on the site:

Suggest a Resource

If you have a favorite language-learning resource (or manage a website of your own) that is not listed on Free Language, please let us know by suggesting a resource.

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再见！

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Submitted by polyglot on Wed, 2007-07-04 20:03.