Second Edition

This is the second edition of The Free Language Letter. Since the first edition was published over a month ago, a lot has been happening here. Most of these changes regard the growing database of language-learning resources for the 12 languages currently listed on the site. These twelve languages are:

• Arabic
• Cantonese
• English
• French
• German
• Hindi
• Italian
• Japanese
• Mandarin Chinese
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Spanish

New Resources

Since the last newsletter, 21 new resources have been added to the site:

Arabic

Learn Arabic Language Wikibook

English

The Bob and Rob Show English Lessons Podcast
English Feed English Listening Practice Podcast
Business English Pod Podcast

French

DailyFrenchPod Beginner Lessons Podcast
DailyFrenchPod Intermediate Lessons Podcast
DailyFrenchPod Advanced Lessons Podcast
DailyFrenchPod Video Podcast

Hindi

A Door into Hindi
HindiLanguage.org Website

Italian

Centro Studi Italiani Online Classroom

Japanese

Machigai Podcast
Learn Japanese Podcast at LibSyn
Learn Japanese at Japancast.net Podcast
Underground Global Japanese Tutorial

Mandarin Chinese

ChineseTools.com Website

Portuguese

BBC Languages Portuguese

Russian

Listen 2 Russian Website

Spanish

Learn Spanish Survival Guide Podcast
BBC Languages Spanish
Business Spanish Website

General Tools

Online Flashcard Exchange Community

Coming Soon...

Blogs and Revenue Sharing

At some point in the not-too-distant future, Free Language will be implementing free blogs for language learners. A key feature in this implementation will allow bloggers on the Free Language website to earn revenue from their posts via revenue sharing through Google AdSense.

All content posted in blogs, as with all content posted on the Free Language website, will be empowered by the GNU Free Documentation License, and will thus be public domain. :)

If you are interested in getting in early on this opportunity, please request a BETA User Account and let us know that you are interested in blogging with revenue sharing.

General Language Learning Info Section

Also coming soon will be an extended section with general information about languages and language learning. The information presented in this section will be applicable to learners of any language.

The Free Language Podcast

We will start hosting our own podcast! It will be called, surprise, "The Free Language Podcast". This podcast will feature interviews with some of the leading online language learning podcasters and resource communities. It will, naturally, be totally free. As part of the first podcast, we will be interviewing Steve Kaufmann, founder of The Linguist.

The Blog

Side notes about updates and other such chatter are noted in the blog. Please check in there for frequent updates on the status of the site and other goodies that don't necessarily belong in the main content of 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.

Ciao for now.

The Free Language Community
http://freelanguage.org