Foreign+Language

[] Livemocha is the world’s largest online language learning community, offering free and paid online language courses in 35 languages to more than 11 million members from 196 countries around the world.

[] My Happy Planet strives to bridge cultures around the world through language learning. . to make language learning more fun, more dynamic, and more effective — without having to pay for it. After establishing a profile, users search the site for native speaking “language partner” or a “study buddy” learning the same language. Members can practice speaking with a native speaker, learn more about other cultures, and make friends all over the world, learning from one another with live chat, messaging, videos, and fun interactive games.

[] As an international community, palabea connects people around the world who share the same interest in learning languages and discovering different cultures.

[] free educational site for language learners to connect from all over the world using Skype and blogging

[] With over 1,000,000 registered users from over 200 countries, Babbel offers fun, multi-media language learning methods and exchange opportunities within its online community.

[] With members from over 133 countries, speaking and practicing 115 different languages, My Language Exchange offers a forum to connect one language learner to another to practice each others’ language.

[] An innovative online community for learning languages, busuu offers member a free portal to connect with native speakers and engage in interactive learning units to acquire language fluency. Through an integrated video-chat application, users learn directly from native speakers of the busuu community thought live conversation. Over 150 image and sound-rich learning units provide topical and grammar instruction.

[] RhinoSpike is an online language learning community that allows members to submit text to be read aloud in a foreign language. A native speaker then records it and sends the file for the request to use to help learn the target language.

[] Lang-8 provides a free online exchange community for language learners to practice writing in the language that they are learning and receive real-world corrections from native speakers.