Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#1

Post by anu_gupta » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 12:38 PM UTC

Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha
livemocha.com

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#2

Post by bbguitar » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 12:55 PM UTC

Goodbye Livemocha. So RS have decided to try and remove some competition. Who's next in line?

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#3

Post by camus » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:04 PM UTC

bbguitar wrote: post #2

Goodbye Livemocha. So RS have decided to try and remove some competition. Who's next in line?

Isnt rosetta stone a paid service ? LM was free if i remember. what alternative is there as free service for learning languages ?

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#4

Post by nodata » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:15 PM UTC

camus wrote: post #3

bbguitar wrote: post #2

Goodbye Livemocha. So RS have decided to try and remove some competition. Who's next in line?

Isnt rosetta stone a paid service ? LM was free if i remember. what alternative is there as free service for learning languages ?

www.duolingo.com is utterly excellent, particularly if you know bits of a language already.

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#5

Post by camus » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:19 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #4

camus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isnt rosetta stone a paid service ? LM was free if i remember. what alternative is there as free service for learning languages ?

www.duolingo.com is utterly excellent, particularly if you know bits of a language already.

nice ! i'll check it out. please dont hesitate, if you know other (cheap or free) language learning online services , share them ;)

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#6

Post by nicholassmith » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:25 PM UTC

It'd be an interesting move from RS to keep Livemocha as a free service to get people engaged, then upsell them onto a more premium package through RS. So from basic French to advanced French or similar.

Although I guess the cynic inside all of is fully expects livemocha to be down inside a year.

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#7

Post by kablamo » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:26 PM UTC

camus wrote: post #3

bbguitar wrote: post #2

Goodbye Livemocha. So RS have decided to try and remove some competition. Who's next in line?

Isnt rosetta stone a paid service ? LM was free if i remember. what alternative is there as free service for learning languages ?

I built http://iijo.org. Its free and does Chinese flashcards and uses spaced repetition. You can build vocab lists from a built in dictionary. You can also directly search the dictionary: http://iijo.org/dictionary.

And the code is on github: https://github.com/kablamo/iijo.org

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#8

Post by diminish » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

camus wrote: post #5

nodata wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

www.duolingo.com is utterly excellent, particularly if you know bits of a language already.

nice ! i'll check it out. please dont hesitate, if you know other (cheap or free) language learning online services , share them ;)

verbling is a good idea, moving forward..

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#9

Post by tsuan » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:38 PM UTC

nodata wrote: post #4

camus wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isnt rosetta stone a paid service ? LM was free if i remember. what alternative is there as free service for learning languages ?

www.duolingo.com is utterly excellent, particularly if you know bits of a language already.

thanks nodata, people should try us! we know that duolingo works for both beginners and more advanced students alike.

Re: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha

#10

Post by analog » Tue, Apr 02, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

camus wrote: post #5

nodata wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

www.duolingo.com is utterly excellent, particularly if you know bits of a language already.

nice ! i'll check it out. please dont hesitate, if you know other (cheap or free) language learning online services , share them ;)

I've used Transparent recently and would recommend it. Not free but a lot cheaper than Rosetta Stone at $29 per month. They have a free offering called Byki as well which I haven't tried.