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| Title | Article: Smartphones Drive Language Learning Innovation |
| Body | From http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090823/tc_afp/hongkongchinatechnologyeducationlanguage Smartphones drive language learning innovation by Guy Newey August 23, 2009 The boom in "smartphones", led by Apple's iPhone, has inspired language learning tools that would have been inconceivable just months ago -- and a Hong Kong firm is leading the charge. A search of Apple's online store comes up with around 1,000 options for "language learning" ranging from dictionaries and flash cards to a language suite teaching Klingon, a language used in the sci-fi TV series Star Trek. Ken Carroll, of Praxis Language whose ChinesePod brand of online and audio learning tools has more than 250,000 followers, said the new technology offered huge possibilities, but added new products had to be carefully tailored. Read the full article at http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090823/tc_afp/hongkongchinatechnologyeducationlanguage |
| Source | Yahoo! Tech |
| Inputdate | 2009-09-20 09:04:16 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2009-09-20 09:04:16 |
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| Publishdate | 2009-09-21 00:00:00 |
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