{"id":524,"date":"2011-09-30T16:46:37","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2012-03-19T02:34:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T02:34:46","slug":"techtrends-learn-to-parlez-vous-francais-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-learn-to-parlez-vous-francais-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"TechTrends:  Learn to parlez-vous Francais for free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-learn-to-parlez-vous-francais-for-free\/attachment\/livemocha_01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-525\" title=\"livemocha_01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/livemocha_01.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever wanted to learn a new language?\u00a0 I speak French <em>&#8216;un peu&#8217; <\/em>and it&#8217;s always been a goal of mine to become fluent, and maybe pick up a little Spanish too.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>But with programs like Rosetta Stone averaging around $300 and formal lessons even higher, I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be able to find a way to make it work.\u00a0 Then I found Livemocha.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livemocha.com\/\">Livemocha.com <\/a>is a great website\u00a0that uses the idea of social media to help you learn a new language for free.\u00a0 There are almost 40 languages available to choose from, and levels from beginner to advanced.\u00a0 There are four sections to each lesson:\u00a0 Learn, Review, Write, and Speak.\u00a0 You go through lessons,\u00a0perform writing exercises, and have the opportunity to speak\u00a0lessons into your webcam.\u00a0 Then you can choose from\u00a0other livemocha members who are native speakers to review your work.\u00a0 You can do the\u00a0same for someone learning\u00a0your language as well.\u00a0\u00a0Just like other social media sites, you set up a profile and\u00a0make\u00a0friends,\u00a0 but you can also live chat with others to practice your skills.<\/p>\n<p>If serious study is what you&#8217;re looking for, there is a pay option where you can connect with actual expert teachers for language instruction.\u00a0 Either way, livemocha.com is a great way to learn something new and maybe make a few international friends in the process!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to learn a new language?\u00a0 I speak French &#8216;un peu&#8217; and it&#8217;s always been a goal of mine to become fluent, and maybe pick up a little Spanish too.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/tech-life\/techtrends-learn-to-parlez-vous-francais-for-free\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[149,146,148,150,140,141,142,3,143,144,147,6,28,145,4],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tech-life","category-techtrends","tag-chinese","tag-french","tag-german","tag-italian","tag-language","tag-learn","tag-learn-a-language","tag-lifestyle","tag-livemocha","tag-rosetta-stone","tag-spanish","tag-stephanie-humphrey","tag-tech-life-2","tag-tech-life-expert","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amatteroflifeandtech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}