Shortly after I put up the last post on languages, someone emailed me from LiveMocha asking me to check out their website. I’m glad to report there is another language learning resource available online. LiveMocha offered much more than I expected. Of course, the hitch is that they plan to eventually start charging for services. In the meantime you can access their free Rosetta Stone-like courses, invite other members to chat in the language you are learning, and tutor members learning your native language. Part of the exercises are spoken exercises. After you record yourself speaking, you can invite someone who natively speaks that language to correct and rate your exercise. There are a few bumps they need to iron out (for one, the site doesn’t function well in Opera, the browser I use) but I highly recommend LiveMocha.com.

LiveMocha currently offers courses in German, English, Spanish, French, Hindi, and Mandarin Chinese.

Posted by Bonnie under languages, learning, spanish, world