April 22, 2013:  We are continuing to roll out a new look to more of the languages.  We just changed our French, Italian, and Danish to the new look. Everything should work while this is in process.

If you find something that is not quite working perfectly, please let us know and we will fix it right away.

Some of you have asked how to use Language101.com on your iPhone or iPad. This link tells you how to do that.

If you want to see what our new look, looks like, check out our Learn French Page.

All languages that people speak today import new words from other languages every day. Unless you are a linguist, you probably don’t realize that all languages have “rules” (even if they aren’t written) for how to import words from foreign languages.

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When we listen to the sound of our own recorded voices, most of us have no trouble recognizing ourselves. We usually think that we don’t really sound like that, but we almost always recognize ourselves.

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April 23, 2013:  We are still looking for an American engineer to help us create American English language lessons and lead the team of teachers making lessons for other languages.

There are other jobs open too.  Please read the details on our foreign language jobs page.

November 23, 2012:  Eight weeks ago, I decided to learn Spanish with the goal of becoming solidly conversational in 8 weeks.

Well, 8 weeks have passed and I’ve studied every day. I spent last weekend in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico having a great time, talking and learning Spanish.

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September 26, 2012:  Beginning language students can now learn a lot of their new language for free right here! Here’s how it works.

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Language101.com now works on iPhones and iPads.

April 23, 2013  It’s official — Language101.com can now help you learn Spanish (or your favorite language) on your iPhone or iPad.

If you have an iPhone or iPad, pull it out now and click on your favorite language from the list at the top right of this page. Then click on the big red “Try It” button to try our free demo.

For some people this will work.  If the demo works, the full program will work.

If you have the current version of Safari this should work. Please contact us to let us know what happens when you try this.

If it doesn’t work, then read How to make Language101.com work on your iPhone or iPad. You may have to jump through some different hoops, but it will work for everyone who carefully follows the instructions.

Android users can also use Language101.com on Android phones and tablets.

When you buy something important like software to learn Spanish, French or your favorite language, it’s nice to know that the company you’ve chosen is careful about keeping your credit card transaction secure.

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June 18, 2012: We just ordered two dedicated web servers to provide faster and more reliable service for you.

These computers will be located in different cities, so if there is a problem with one server or data center, you will be able to continue to learn the language you want to learn without any delay.

We have been working on our Italian lessons and it’s time to release Italian.

Existing Super Pack customers can already use our Italian lessons.  There are thousands of wonderful reasons to learn Italian, and if you’ve always loved Italy then maybe it’s time to learn Italian.

You can get stuck in a traffic jam and learn better Spanish. Really!

There’s only one way to be a safe driver.  When you are driving, concentrate 100% on your driving.

Surprisingly, the better you get at concentrating on your driving, the better you will be at concentrating on learning Spanish.

Here’s how to use your driving time to learn Spanish (or any language) faster.

Learn French playing Monopoly?

Games for learning French, Spanish and other languages are popular in the classroom — but do they work?

Most language learning games, are a little bit like playing Monopoly.   You learn as you play, but it takes a long time.

Here’s what we think about French learning games.

According to author Dan Pink, grades really don't motivate us to do something like learn Spanish.

You might guess that getting a reward like money or a good grade would really motivate us to do something good like learn Spanish.

But according to Daniel Pink, author of “Drive – The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us” that’s not how motivation works.

Read more about how to improve your motivation to learn Spanish.

If you're learning French and you see this man say, "Vous êtes Barack Obama."

How would you like to be able to speak over 10 languages and read almost 20?

Dutch language genius Mark Benninga can do that.

French is one of his favorite languages, so, we’ve asked him to share some of his advice for learning French.

The phrase "Times Studied: and then a number shows how many times you have studied this phrase."

Sometimes it would be nice to know, “How many times have I studied that phrase?”

We just now made knowing the answer a LOT easier by adding a feature that shows you the word, “Times Studied:  ____”  This appears at the top of the main study screen.

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