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Multilingual Internet for Language Learning

Multilingual Living Blog, 11 october 2011

By Lindsey Wright

That the Internet connects users around the world and provides resources in all languages is no surprise. Users in Spain, China, the United States, and Egypt can all interface online, the only barrier being language. Yet what if this was no longer a barrier? What if individuals could use the Internet not only to research information and connect with individuals who share a common language, but to also learn a new language? The Internet as a multilingual learning source is a dream that is slowly becoming reality. As new repositories of linguistic knowledge are developed and new strategies for independent language learning are honed, the possibility of using the resources of the Internet to develop a set of global skills is rapidly increasing. Read more...