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Re:Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha by camus on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:19AM (#5479066)
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 by sequoia on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:57AM (#5479265)
http://noexcuselist.com/everything See the "Languages" section.

I've used duolingo for Spanish review; it's pretty good. Honestly the best thing about it is the UX: you get little bite-sized exercises you can go thru as fast or slow as you want, review, etc., so it's easy to squeeze into a 10-20min/day block. The main weaknesses are a) the examples are arithmetically generated so sometimes you get "My horse only eats milk" or something as an example sentence (it's usually pretty good tho), and b) you don't get a deep grammar review, it's just lots of little examples & practices. The latter point could be seen as a "pro" depending on your learning style.

Re:Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha by philfreo on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:55AM (#5479246)
Check out Quizlet - http://quizlet.com
Re:Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha by loevborg on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @11:11AM (#5479733)
Re:Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha by diminish on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:29AM (#5479116)
verbling is a good idea, moving forward..
Re:Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha by analog on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @09:39AM (#5479167)
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.