Thursday, January 03, 2008

LingQ

Update: Moving this to an earlier date so that posts relevant to Thai language show up on the homepage.

Steve Kaufmann is a polyglot and blogger who speaks nine languages fluently. He runs a language education website called LingQ.

I recently signed up for the free membership at LingQ and tried the system for French, a language I enjoy at an intermediate level in my daily life. LingQ is well-designed and well-engineered, and I can see that it's an efficient system for acquiring languages rapidly. Since I'm focused on Thai, I'm not actively trying to improve my French at this time, but the availability of this resource has made me consider taking up French again. Prices for more complete memberships are also very reasonable.

LingQ currently supports English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, and Swedish, with beta programs for Mandarin and Japanese. I can't wait until Thai is added to the list.