Archive for June, 2008

Improved Flashcards

Posted by olga on 30 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: New and Fixed

This week Livemocha is happy to announce a new and improved version of Flashcards. You will now be able to create entirely new flashcards sets based on any topic you choose.
You can recommend your flashcard sets to friends, and rate sets created by other members of the Livemocha community. All of the sets [...]

Firefox 3

Posted by olga on 27 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Known Issues

Some of you may have noticed already, there are some bugs on the site with using Firefox 3. We appologize for the inconvenience. For right now it works perfectly with older Firefox and Internet Explorer.
We are currently testing our site in Firefox 3 and working on fixing the issues. You are more then welcome to [...]

Conversational emphasis

Posted by Clint on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Internet learning

It’s not that grammar is unimportant, but Livemocha is focusing on conversational proficiency. If you can feel competent in speaking and listening in a new language, you’ll feel more comfortable and confident when you’re communicating with native speakers of the language.
Reading and writing skills just might follow conversational proficiency more efficiently than the reverse, and [...]

Podcast Confusion

Posted by olga on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Known Issues

We would like to apologize for not getting the correct podcast to everyone.
Currently we have it only in:
English
French
German
Hindi
Spanish
Chinese
The podcast will be on the site for limited time only, so hurry up and take advantage of this feature before it goes away.

Shirish still has a blog

Posted by Clint on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Resources

You can find it at: http://blog.livemocha.com/

Gratitude for Instructional Design Bloggers

Posted by Clint on 26 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: Internet learning

I want to acknowledge all of the insightful dialogue and commentary that has been posted recently in the blogosphere by so many academics, educators, and tech enthusiasts. Thank you! We know that instructional design plays a key role in creating e-learning materials, and we are working hard to bring best practices to Livemocha [...]

Country Images Fixed

Posted by olga on 13 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: New and Fixed

Country images in Level 202 have been fixed.
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Thank you everyone for letting us know in the feedback.

New Language – Icelandic

Posted by olga on 07 Jun 2008 | Tagged as: New and Fixed

The ability to share your language, culture, and experiences with people all over the world is at the core of Livemocha’s community. This week, we are thrilled to recognize Ásmundur S. Hilmarsson for developing our first user-created course for Icelandic

Ásmundur explained his motivation: “Challenge, curiosity and gratitude to the [...]