Learn Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, English, or Japanese online.
Wouldn't it be great if the time you spent on the Internet made you smarter? StudyStream's mission is to transform things you already do--like watch videos, listen to music, read articles, and interact with others--into insightful learning experiences. With StudyStream, you can expand your world in exactly the ways that interest you. StudyStream is built on the world's leading technologies in computational linguistics, allowing its to interpret many forms of online media and make them into viable learning vehicles. We've found that learning languages (as with learning in general) is all about making connections. So, StudyStream uses technology to make those connections--millions of them--and passes them on to you. Then it records your actions--your responses to exercises and interactions with text--and adjusts your learning accordingly. Every student is different, so StudyStream is adaptive: it gives you content that interests you at your level, it progresses through the content you're leaning at the pace you set, and it incorporates new content just for you as you learn.
I have always struggled learning a language. Now theft is a new way. Finally a way that is self paced and even fun. You can follow along with video and see the words as they are spoken in both your native language and in the language you are learning. You can even replay sentences if you want. Then there are really cool lessons to tests your skills.
Cons
You still need to practice speaking with real people.
Summary
Definitely worth checking out. Good for just learning to improving your skills.
Fun Language learning for video lovers!
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Pros
Fun, interactive, complete, very easy to follow, and the amount of information you get in a matter of minutes is unbelievable.
First, the registration process is very simple, then, you get submerged into a virtual world of learning like no other.
You see and hear the words in the desired language while listening to the music or to the voice of a real person reading to you like a teacher; then you can follow your own progress, decide what to do next or return to the prior level.
Instreamia has a very large collection of exercises to ensure the visitor will be learning every minute they spend logged in. When you hover the mouse over a word, you can hear the sound of the pronuntiation, so you learn by looking at the word and listening to it.
To me, as a fully bilingual person, this is, by far, the best program to learn languages I've seen in a long time and I will recommend it to each and every person who needs to learn a new language!
Cons
I'd love to see more exercises, more languages, and grammar explanations.
Summary
I found Instreamia by chance and let me tell you, it's an amazing tool to learn spanish and 3 other languages, japanese, italian, french and portuguese!
Fun, interactive, complete, very easy to follow, and the amount of information you get in a matter of minutes is unbelievable.
First, the registration process is very simple, then, you get submerged into a virtual world of learning like no other.
You see and hear the words in the desired language while listening to the music or to the voice of a real person reading to you like a teacher; then you can follow your own progress, decide what to do next or return to the prior level.
Instreamia has a very large collection of exercises to ensure the visitor will be learning every minute they spend logged in. When you hover the mouse over a word, you can hear the sound of the pronuntiation, so you learn by looking at the word and listening to it.
To me, as a fully bilingual person, this is, by far, the best program to learn languages I've seen in a long time and I will recommend it to each and every person who needs to learn a new language!