From the press release…

Have you ever wanted to learn a foreign language so you can travel the world or get that dream job, but were intimidated by the overwhelming task or the cost of pricey software?

Public libraries around the country are making that dream possible by partnering with Mango Languages. Over 35 million people in the United States — and growing — have access to the free Web-based language learning program just by going to their local library.

Mango Languages is the easiest and fastest way to learn to speak a foreign language. Mango has the best foreign language teachers in the world and uses real-life situations and practical conversations to assist you in quickly reaching your language-learning goals.

Mango currently offers nine foreign languages and three English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. The Michigan-based company, launched by four young entrepreneurs less than two years ago, is in the process of developing 16 more language courses.

Dear Blogger,

We have received 473 nominations for the top 100 language blog 2009 competition. For each category, we have admitted 100 blogs into the voting phase. You are amongst the 100 blogs in the ‘Language Learning’ category, congratulations!

As stated before, 50% of the final score will be based on user voting. You can promote your blog with the following voting button on your page. Simply add the code to a blog post (similar to embedding a YouTube video) so that your readers can vote for you directly.

You can find the code on our website [www.lexiophiles.com].

The voting phase starts today and ends July 28. Winners will be announced July 30.

Good luck for the competition!

Kind regards,
Marc
on behalf of the bab.la and Lexiophiles team
[http://bab.la]
[www.lexiophiles.com]

Marc Lütten

bab.la GmbH | Baumwall 7 | 20459 Hamburg | Germany
Phone: +49(0)40-707080950 http://bab.la/
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Geschaftsführer: Dr. Andreas Schroeter, Dr. Thomas Schroeter, Patrick Uecker

Learning a new language is great and I think international online forums are the way forward. For example, on www.worldjumper.net, one can practice writing in another language and natives can comment on the standard.

I have been meaning to learn German for a long time but every time I start, I drift off it.