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The Language Learning Challenge is my first foray into fundraising! I built a page on the site for such philanthropy efforts. It includes a link to http://www.donorschoose.org/, an organization which helps teachers fund projects for public schools. Naturally, I chose a few language projects to fund for my challenge!

I, Xenoglossophobe

I'm obviously not a xenoglossophobe (someone afraid of foreign languages). But I recently wrote an article called How to be a Xenoglossophobe at ezinearticles.com. It's a joke, but it highlights how some people actually do think in this world.

The most recent newsletter is out and about. If you missed it, sign up for the newsletter and you'll receive it automatically - you won't miss it again! Read Issue #005 here.

Vietnamese

Vietnamese is the latest language page added to the site. Since I have pages for most of the major European languages, I have been concentrating on adding more minority languages and languages of Asia. Eventually I will have some for more African languages as well.

A while ago I added a review for Living Language Spanish Basic Complete. After perusing a few others from this series (French and Russian), I added a review for the series in general. They are mostly laid out the same way and follow the same general method. Living Language Basic Complete Review. I think this is one of the best value published products for learning a language. I wish they would add more languages to their catalog (like the Teach Yourself series).

Visitors Center

In my previous post I mentioned that I would be adding visitor contribution pages to the site. In addition to the one mentioned, I've since added pages on language learning experiences, visitor Pimsleur reviews and foreign language experiences. These pages (and many more to follow) can all be found at the Visitors Center on the site.

Your contributions will become a web page on the site for other language learners to read, learn from and comment on. This will be very exciting as contributions begin to come in and we can all learn from each others experiences!

Byki and Visitor Contributions

In an effort to allow visitors to contribute to the site, I have added a Visitors Learning Tips page. This is just the first of many pages where visitors to the site can add their language learning experiences, reviews etc.

Many visitors in the past have asked me for more information on why and how I built the site. I have included an About Language Learning Advisor page which explains a little about it. I will add more info on this in the future. (Note: there are affiliate links on that page to my site host -I include those because I really do believe in their business. Without them, my site never exists!)

Again, Transparent Language has added languages to their list of BYKIs. Their latest additions are : Bengali, Bosnian, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Icelandic, and Thai. They are really expanding their languages at a great pace. If you don't have BYKI Lite yet, get it.

Farsi and Living Language

Farsi is a significant and influential language. It has taken me far too long to include a page on the site. I've said it before and I'll say it again - so many languages, so little time.

I've also added a review of Living Language Basic Complete coursebook/audio/dictionary set. It's available for Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Arabic and Chinese. It's a neat and inexpensive little set that is widely available. For the money, it's probably the best value language learning product on the market.

Even More Byki Languages

Transparent Language has added 6 more languages to the list available for BYKI. Chechen, Estonian, Luxembourgish, Mongolian, Pashto, and Urdu. It's long overdue for Urdu, I say.

The most recent Newsletter has gone out. It's been a long time since the last issue, but I'll send them out more regularly now. My apologies to all who have waited on it!

Occitan and other new pages

Occitan, the language of the Troubadours, now has a page on the site - Learn Occitan. This is my White Elephant of languages. I'd love to learn it some day (particularly the Provencal dialect), but I don't have the time right now.

I've also added an About This Site page. There is some background on why I built the site, and also how I built it with affiliate links to SBI, the glorious website solution that makes my site possible.

More BYKI Languages

Transparent Language has added more languages to their list of languages available for BYKI. Recent additions include : Afrikaans, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovak, Swahili, Tuvan and Zulu.

BYKI (Before You Know It) is a great little flashcard program with audio that you can use to supplement your main language course. Use it to help learn and memorize new vocabulary or key phrases, practice pronunciation or just as a review. You can download a limited version for free, or you can add extra features if you upgrade to BYKI Deluxe.

Free Giveaway

I will be announcing the winner of the free giveaway at the end of July. Some lucky winner will receive a free language learning product for the language of their choice. I am still not 100% sure of what that product will be, but I am leaning toward Byki Deluxe or perhaps a choice of similarly priced products.

If you want a free shot at it just fill out any Language Survey or any other feedback or contact form on my site or sign up for the newsletter, and be sure to include your email address so that I can contact you.

Good Luck to all!