Comments on: Conversing on a Global Web http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/ Internet news and commentary Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:33:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-608431 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira Mon, 19 May 2008 18:09:36 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-608431 @Steph I know that there were several that I didn't get to play with as much, including Phrasebase and Italki, so I may end up doing another article at some point in the future. Toffler, thank you! I wish I had more free time. :) @Steph I know that there were several that I didn’t get to play with as much, including Phrasebase and Italki, so I may end up doing another article at some point in the future.

Toffler, thank you! I wish I had more free time. :)

]]> By: Toffler http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607341 Toffler Mon, 19 May 2008 06:20:55 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607341 I think the theory of the friend divide applies slightly differently on language learning networks than on other social networks. On Facebook, you add your friends and on LinkedIn, you add your business contacts; however, on language learning sites you add people who offer a complementary skill set. For example, if I want to learn Spanish, I don't get all my college friends to join, I add people who may be thousands of miles away that I've never met in person, but with whom I can still engage in real-time language exchange. Granted, to be successful on these sites, you still need a large enough user base speaking a variety of different languages so that everyone has someone they can connect with. Obviously the more popular languages like Spanish, Chinese, and English are easier. Still italki.com seems to has an active Polish-English language community, (http://www.italki.com/learn-Polish.htm) with more than 500 native Polish speakers. Besides that, you can also really enhance your Polish reading skills by using the site entirely in Polish. Cyndy, good luck in your refresher course. I think the theory of the friend divide applies slightly differently on language learning networks than on other social networks. On Facebook, you add your friends and on LinkedIn, you add your business contacts; however, on language learning sites you add people who offer a complementary skill set. For example, if I want to learn Spanish, I don’t get all my college friends to join, I add people who may be thousands of miles away that I’ve never met in person, but with whom I can still engage in real-time language exchange. Granted, to be successful on these sites, you still need a large enough user base speaking a variety of different languages so that everyone has someone they can connect with. Obviously the more popular languages like Spanish, Chinese, and English are easier. Still italki.com seems to has an active Polish-English language community, (http://www.italki.com/learn-Polish.htm) with more than 500 native Polish speakers. Besides that, you can also really enhance your Polish reading skills by using the site entirely in Polish. Cyndy, good luck in your refresher course.

]]> By: steph http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607291 steph Mon, 19 May 2008 05:47:33 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607291 Another great resource for online language learning is www.edufire.com! Offers alot of free tools- flashcards, videos, forums & social networking. For a small fee you can also get some tutoring via video chat! Awesome site! www.edufire.com Another great resource for online language learning is http://www.edufire.com! Offers alot of free tools- flashcards, videos, forums & social networking. For a small fee you can also get some tutoring via video chat! Awesome site! http://www.edufire.com

]]> By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607031 Cyndy Aleo-Carreira Mon, 19 May 2008 01:51:15 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-607031 LMK how it works for you if you decide to try it out. LMK how it works for you if you decide to try it out.

]]> By: Leslie Poston http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-606331 Leslie Poston Sun, 18 May 2008 17:51:03 +0000 http://profy.com/2008/05/18/conversing-on-global-web/#comment-606331 This post is truly helpful. I speak Spanish, but would love to brush up since I now live in a part of the country where it isn't a prevalent as it was in California. I want to learn Russian and French as well, and I used to know some Japanese, but that's all gone now. I love languages, and who can afford Rosetta or Berlitz? This post is truly helpful. I speak Spanish, but would love to brush up since I now live in a part of the country where it isn’t a prevalent as it was in California. I want to learn Russian and French as well, and I used to know some Japanese, but that’s all gone now. I love languages, and who can afford Rosetta or Berlitz?

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