Education
First Premium Course On Babbel
We’re excited to announce that we’ve just released a full introductory Spanish course for native speakers of German. The German title of the course is “Spanisch – Der leichte Einstieg” (Spanish – the easy start). Made up of twenty “Tutorials,” it offers a compact and entertaining introduction to the language in the Babbel-style, meaning a [...]
“An interesting and intelligent teacher”
Not such a bad idea to broaden your target group by teaching them the language you are broadcasting in, right? The British Broadcasting Company – BBC – offers several services to learn and improve your English. Besides the “The Teacher” videos – who is in his own words “a very interesting and intelligent man” explaining [...]
Learning with the heardrum
“Neural tissue required to learn and understand a new language will develop automatically from simple exposure to the language” – that’s Paul Sulzburger’s main argument . The PhD graduate of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, taught Russian for several years to Kiwi students and watched them consistently drop out. What makes it so hard [...]
Scoyo: Private online lessons for fun… and money
A new online learning platform – scoyo – has been up for nearly a month now in Germany. It’s a service for private lessons for kids around 12, claiming that “learning can be fun”. There is a US-version in the works for the “near future”. The core concept of scoyo is bringing the learning concepts [...]
Connectivism: Education as an act of liberty
How about a glimpse into the future of online education? Stephen Dowes’ article about “The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On” is an informative read about recent trends in eLearning. It also gives quite plausible predictions for things to come. Besides statements about “informal learning” (have a look at our factsheet for all these [...]
Language is a human right: A printable English primer for US Spanish-speakers
In all the hullaballoo lately about the democratization of foreign language education through the internet, one issue that tends to get left by the wayside is: What happens if you want – or really need – to learn a language but don’t have access to a computer? Under the banner of “Language is a Human [...]
