Berlin - Dead live longer. This old adage proves true for German language as a result of the economic crisis. A few years ago learning German as a foreign language was a discontinued model, but today schools and teachers as well as e-learning courses are now faced with a rapidly growing demand. "The sales of our web-based audiovisual German courses are booming" confirms Philip Gienandt, managing director of online language learning platform LinguaTV, the positive trend.

This is primarily driven by the influx of people from the Euro-crisis states. In countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy, youth unemployment is at a record high. Especially well-educated, young people increasingly turn their home's back and looking for their chance to be abroad - and especially in Germany, where many jobs even stay vacant due to a lack of skilled workers. The numbers of schools such as the prestigious Goethe Institute show: in Spain alone 35 percent more people signed-in for German courses in the past year, in Portugal, it was 20 and 14 percent in Italy. "We also feel the growing demand especially from the Southern European countries. Since German teachers are missing and many schools are now overcrowded, our online courses provide a good alternative and ideal supplement for many people willing to learn German online," says Philip Gienandt.

With its language training service LinguaTV.com offers especially for German companies the opportunity to capitalize on the growing interest of European specialists in employment in Germany. "We see that more and more companies are seizing the opportunity to recruit skilled workers from other European countries. The development of their linguistic skills is an important step for a successful, operational integration. With the practical relevant language video courses "German as a Foreign Language" and "Business German" – available as online course and as mobile app – improving your German skills is possible for everybody, anytime and everywhere, virtually during operation, in an efficient and sustainable way, "said the e-learning expert.

For more information about the German courses please visit LinguaTV.

The mobile video language learning application "Travel English" from LinguaTV offers users a wonderful opportunity to improve their English on the go. The app covers various language skills, such as listening comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. With LinguaTV the process of learning a foreign language becomes a lively, effective, and entertaining experience.

Version 2.0 of the mobile video language course "Travel English" from LinguaTV is now available as an app at the iTunes App Store. Top video courses, comprised of fun videos and engaging interactive exercises, have been specially optimized for mobile use. To increase user benefit, the app’s new version was further expanded to include an extensive vocabulary training tool. iPhone users can now watch these authentic conversation situations any time and anywhere they choose, picking up additional important words and phrases with flash card technology that enables individualized and targeted learning.

Learn English with Short Stories
The English course "Travel English" consists of a number of entertaining short stories, which can be bought individually and as a convenient in-app-purchase directly within the mobile application. The prize-winning series "Travel English," already available as a browser-based course on www.linguatv.com, draws the user into the fascinating world of international travel. Its short story focuses on Tom Sanders during his business trip to New York. It’s his first time in “The Big Apple,” so he not only has questions about room amenities and hotel services, but also needs recommendations about attractions and restaurants. The user accompanies  Tom during his check-in at the hotel, and goes along while he dines at a restaurant. These authentic situations quickly and efficiently prepare the user for a similar journey abroad. In this way, learning English becomes fun!

Comprehensive learning opportunities with a focus on usability

Each LinguaTV app includes entertaining videos with authentic conversation situations, a variety of interactive exercises, an interactive vocabulary and pronunciation tool with the most important words, a "Flashcard Box," a management system for storing and targeted repetition of individual words.

What makes the app particularly user-friendly is that all learning content (incl. all videos) are completely contained within it. Learning with the LinguaTV app is extremely convenient. The user can access its mobile content anytime, anywhere without an internet connection (except for downloading). Due to the small amount of data download necessary, the app also works fine with a UMTS connection.

The hands-on content and modular design are ideal for regular practice. Whether traveling or at work, ... with LinguaTV’s mobile language learning application “learning on demand" is a reality.

LinguaTV’s new language learning app is now available at the iTunes Store.

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In cooperation with the Cornelsen publishing house, LinguaTV offers the best learning content of the Lextra-series for the specific fields of business English communication on www.linguatv.com. To be found: a broad range of video and interactive exercises on the most important topics such as Business English Communications, Meetings, Presentations, Negotiations as well as Socializing & Small Talk.

The content consists of interactive online language courses with an individual learning progress control. With 5-6 entertaining episodes per subject you will find authentic conversations and practical exercises and additional learning materials also available for download at any time of the day. Perfect for those who are often away on business and who want to prepare quickly and efficiently for discussions with international partners and customers.

Organized in an original yet realistic story line, you will be introduced to the business world and its most important situations such as job interviews, phone calls, project meetings, negotiations, preparation and implementation of presentations, as well as small talk. Not only is the suspense of the plot motivating for your regular online training, but you are also able to collect activity points and to follow the learning progress in real-time. Thus, the user can see his personal learning success in writing, reading, listening, as well as his grammar and vocabulary skills.

Just recently the platform has experienced many enlargements regarding its content and its functionality featuring study groups and learning progress reports. Meanwhile more than 20 courses in five foreign languages, English (as a foreign language), French, Spanish, Italian and German are available for companies, organizations and private customers. The core of the language training represents instructional professionally produced videos. Equipped with a convenient Media Player, realistic dialogues, transcripts and extensive interactive exercises, the user can enlarge his targeted and practical language skills. Free demo lessons can be tested by interested visitors at www.linguatv.com where you can get an insight into the many functions of the didactically valuable and technologically innovative platform.

With LinguaTV.com you can dive in the fascinating world of Business English and expand quickly and easily your language skills: www.linguatv.com.