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Lang-8: Language Exchange SNS
A multi-lingual social network, language-learning site allows users to learn foreign languages from native speakers around the world by language exchange.
More Info: Lang-8 is a multi-lingual social network / language-learning site allows users to learn foreign languages from native speakers around the world by language exchange. Lang-8 is a language exchange social networking website. The company is based in Kyoto, Japan.
The idea of creating the site was on the Japanese student with Chinese origin Yangyang Xi(Kyoto University graduate) after his experience in Chinese language study. The site offers the visitor to create a user profile, with the unique feature of selecting native language, and target language/s of study/interest.
Then additionally to the typical social networking sites features the visitors can write journal entries in the target language, and have them checked by native speakers of this language. This allows the user to improve their writing skills in the language of study.
In return the user is obliged to check other people journal entries, written on his/her native language. There is very quick response time of the Lang-8 community on the articles written by users. Currently Lang-8 supports user interface in 15 different languages.
URL: lang-8.com
Category: Languages
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