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Mango Languages Launches Free Foreign Language Lessons Online at http://www.mangolanguages.com
NOVI, Michigan, September 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Mango Languages is quite literally opening up a world of possibilities to people worldwide with the launch of http://www.mangolanguages.com, a unique website where users can sign up to learn a foreign language online for free. The inaugural launch of mangolanguages.com features 100 lessons in nearly a dozen languages, including: Spanish, English for Spanish and Polish speakers, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Greek. By early 2008, Mango Languages plans to launch the second version of the site which will further refine and polish the original language lessons, and add new lessons in Hebrew, Arabic, Korean, Polish, Vietnamese, Thai, Cantonese Chinese, Irish Gaelic, Farsi, Hindi, Turkish and Ukrainian. "We're excited to make foreign language learning accessible online to all people regardless of their economic resources," says Jason Teshuba, president and CEO. "Mangolanguages.com is the language lab of the future." A new concept, mangolanguages.com has married the teaching abilities of linguists from around the world with the latest software technologies, providing users with an easy to access way to learn a foreign language online at their own pace. Unlike other language acquisition products, http://www.mangolanguages.com is unique because it features a one-of-a-kind comprehensive teaching approach that actively engages audio and visual cues to assist users in language acquisition. Students learn vocabulary and grammar by engaging in real and meaningful conversations that are broken down line by line, word for word. Phrases and sentences are spelled out in both the language the student is trying to learn and in English. For the two ESL courses, the opposite applies in that phrases and sentences are spelled out in the student's native language (either Spanish or Polish) and also in English. The words that make up the phrases and sentences are color-coded so the user understands how each word translates. The user can also click on each word to hear the pronunciation or click a button to hear the whole sentence spoken by a native speaker at a rapid conversational pace. Mangolanguages.com also offers a flash card system featuring about 1,000 of the most common words in 15 languages. Headquartered in Novi, Mich., Mango Languages is a subsidiary of Creative Empire LLC. To start your online language learning today, visit http://www.mangolanguages.com or e-mail info@mangolanguages.com. Website: http://www.mangolanguages.com
