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Being the newest an most innovative form of learning languages, plenty of students world-wide are jumping on the band-wagon to be educated on a virtual platforms. However, in the name of quality control it is now the time to really scrutinise the services available beyond the hype.

…So we here at Languagelab have decided to give you 10 handy questions that any student wanting to learn a language efficiently and effectively need to ask before they join one of the many schools out there on virtual platforms… Happy Reading:

Continue reading ‘Top Ten Tips to Choosing a School in a Virtual World!’

World of Warcraft: Revenge of the Lich King has just been released all over the world.  Thousands of people all over the world queued to buy the game.  The series of World of Warcraft games has been very popular and has encouraged lots of people to play MMO’s.

World of Warcraft

Playing MMO’s are fun, competitive and social, you can make new friends and also play with your old friends. Playing with people from different nationalities is a lot like Languagelab, you can learn about different cultures and ways to do things.

By using text or voice to communicate with your guild you can also improve your language skills. What is the best way to improve fast in World of Warcraft ? Come to Languagelab to practice your English ! You will become a guild leader in no time !

Continue reading ‘Tips and Cheats for Wrath of the Lich King: World of Warcraft’

Opening party of Ciudad Bonita

Head Teacher and Spanish Teacher Daf Smirnov opened Ciudad Bonita last night with a tapas and drinks party and a tour of the city. Students and teachers could meet and talk about the new beginners Spanish course starting soon.  The teachers were from all over the Spanish speaking world; Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela and Spain and all were enthusiastic to begin teaching at Ciudad Bonita.

The Languagelab Teaching Team worked closely with builders Xandi Mars and Random Cole to provide this great city for Languagelab students. The finished city and course were the result of a successful Beta programme earlier in 2008 and research into how best to teach beginners Spanish in virtual worlds.  Ciudad Bonita will be open to the public until the start of classes so you are all welcome to walk around the city, have a drink at the bar and buy some delicious food from the market!

Enjoying tapas and sangria at the Ciudad Bonita Party

Continue reading ‘Ciudad Bonita is open !’

Sally Teacher

Each week at Languagelab we will review one good English practice website that may complement your English studies with us. Each review will focus on two questions.

What are the key features of the site?
How can Languagelab students benefit from this site?

This week’s English practice website is www.englishpage.com

What are the key features of this site?

Continue reading ‘English practice website review – English Page’

Sally Teacher

Have you been to the Grammar House yet? Do you know what it is and how it can help you to practice and improve your English?

The Grammar House is a new LanguageLab English class designed to help you to improve your English grammar skills.

Hosted by several of LanguageLab’s highly qualified English Teachers, it is an event that gives you the opportunity to come along and ask questions about grammar that you have always wanted to know.

Continue reading ‘Grammar House – Your questions answered’

Chris Teacher (a.k.a 'The Captain')

Do you like music? What kind of music do you listen to? How often do you listen to music? Here at LanguageLab one of our City People, Griffin Morrisey is a musician and composer.

Griffin does lots of activities which students trying to learn English find really helpful. Firstly, there is his regular sing along. Students who attend this activity find themselves learning new vocabulary and practicing their intonation by memorizing the words to a song and trying to sing along with it. People can be a little shy about singing in front of others at first. The shyness soon goes away though, because Griffin never forces anyone to sing if they don’t want to. Usually by the end of the session everyone is having such fun that they forget about their shyness and are happily ‘crooning’ away with the rest of the group. As you have probably already guessed, it’s also a great way to improve self-confidence.

Continue reading ‘Learning pronunciation through music’

Learn Spanish at Languagelab

Would you like to learn Spanish through real experiences in a friendly, Spanish speaking virtual city?
Have you ever wanted to learn a language but found yourself put off by dry, traditional classes?
Did you learn Spanish a while ago … y lo tiene un poquito olvidado?

….well Languagelab is offering you the chance to learn with our qualified native speaker Spanish teachers from the comfort of your own home …. in our very own virtual Spanish speaking city ‘Ciudad Bonita’.

Continue reading ‘New! Learn Spanish with Languagelab.com’