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Title: Learn a language at no cost
Author(s): Salomon, Mandy
Abstract: If, among your new year's promises, you vowed to learn a second language, the time to start is now. No bleating about finding the right teacher. No mumbling about first paying off the credit card. The year has begun! The good news is that it's possible to learn a language online---for nothing. The web---courtesy of YouTube, Google Video and Blinkx---is hosting a range of DIY language courses. DIY language teachers - that is, enthusiastic amateurs - have uploaded the courses, so be warned that competency varies.
Publication type: Newspaper article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology
Source: The Age, 29 January 2009
Publication year: 2009
Keyword(s): Amateur content; Language courses; Online environments; Social media
Publisher: Fairfax
Publisher URL: http://newsstore.theage.com.au/apps/browseArchive.ac?sy=age