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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.

For more information about the LinguaTV mobile language learning apps please read here

Em cooperação com a Editora Cornelsen, a LinguaTV coloca a disposição o melhor conteúdo de aprendizagem em Lextra-Vídeos-DVDs, para as mais diversas áreas da comunicação empresarial em inglês na sua página www.linguatv.com. A partir de agora uma vasta gama de vídeos e exercícios interativos sobre os mais importantes temas relacionados ao Inglês para Negócios ("Business English"), como comunicação, reuniões, apresentações, negociações, assim como também socializando-se e Small Talk, estará sendo disponibilizado.

Os conteúdos são propostos como cursos interativos de idiomas online, com controle individual do progesso da aprendizagem. Para os alunos são disponibilizados de 5 a 6 divertidos episódios por assunto, com autênticas situações de conversação e exercícios práticos, incluindo material de aprendizado para baixar a qualquer hora e em qualquer lugar. Perfeito para todos aqueles, que viajam a negócios com frequência e que queiram se preparar de forma rápida e efetiva para reuniões com parceiros e clientes internacionais.

Aqui serão apresentados no formato de uma história original e realista, telefonemas de clientes, entrevistas de emprego, reuniões de projetos, reuniões de negócios, elaboração e implementação de apresentações, assim como Small Talk no mundo dos negócios. O motivar para o treinamento online e contínuo não é único fator empolgante da plataforma de aprendizagem da LinguaTV, mas sim a possibilidade de se colecionar pontos de atividade e de se acompanhar de forma pessoal, o progresso na aprendizagem. Com isso o sucesso da aprendizagem poderá ser acompanhado pelo usuário nas habilidades que predizem competência de leitura, escrita, compreensão auditiva, gramática e vocabulário.

Recentemente a plataforma de aprendizagem online da LinguaTV adquiriu melhorias funcionais no seu conteúdo. Foram inseridos um curso de alemão para negócios e uma “social network community“, apresentando grupos e relatórios individuais de aprendizado. Estão disponíveis para empresas e cliente mais de 20 cursos em 5 idiomas, sendo estes inglês, francês, espanhol, italiano e alemão. As vídeos-aulas produzidas profissionalmente são o núcleo do treinamento em idiomas. Equipado com Media Player, diálogos realistas, transcrições e uma vasta gama de exercícios interativos, os alunos poderão ampliar seus conhecimentos na língua estrangeira de forma direcionada e prática. Lições demonstrativas podem ser testadas gratuitamente por visitantes interessados, na página da LinguaTV www.linguatv.com. Breve todo o premiadíssimo conteúdo educacional da LinguaTV estará disponível para os usuários de dipositívos móveis.

Mergulhe com a LinguaTV no mundo dos negócios inglês e amplie de forma rápida e descomplicada suas competências linguísticas: www.linguatv.com.

Para o sucesso profissional nos setores da hotelaria e do turismo é impressidível um excelente conhecimento em inglês. Hóspedes internacionais esperam que o funcionário do hotel tenha domínio da língua inglesa. A tão premiada fornecedora de cursos de idiomas, a LinguaTV, oferece agora também aulas com recursos multimídia, com a finalidade de treinar a comunicação em inglês entre funcionários e hóspedes.

O curso de Inglês para hotel e turismo da LinguaTV foi elaborado especialmente para aqueles que trabalham no setor de turismo. O foco deste curso são os vídeos, onde nativos encenam situações autênticas de comunicação, fazendo uso de terminologias específicas em inglês. Os telespectadores aprendem através de diálogos reais e, acima de tudo, vocabulário prático e relevante, assim como também a sua pronúncia.  Os participantes poderão escolher entre cenas do cotidiano e exercícios interativos. A análise de nível de aprendizagem individual mostra a cada usuário seu avanço no aprendizado e lhe fornece dicas importantes.

Em qualquer lugar e a qualquer hora: Aprender inglês eficiente e com praticidade

O foco do curso para funcionários do setor de hotelaria tem como know-how o uso imediato do que se aprendeu. A forma modular do curso possibilita ao aluno um treinamento simples, rápido e eficiente em comunicação e no idioma estrangeiro. Para a LinguaTV um dos fatores mais importantes para o aprendizado é a performance divertida do curso. Um outro fator essencial é uso fácil do material disposto. O usuário da LinguaTV necessitam apenas de um computador com recursos multimédia conectado à internet a proposta é puramente baseada em navegador e não se faz necessária a instalação de qualquer software. O curso foi elaborado com o intuito de facilitar as condições de aprendizado para todos da área de hotelaria e turismo, independentemente do lugar e do tempo. LinguaTV está em todo lugar e a qualquer hora à disposição.

Especialistas no aprendizado em idiomas e setor de hotelaria fazem questão por propostas de alto valor agregado

A alta qualidade do curso de inglês da LinguaTV é resultado do trabalho de cooperação de sócios renomados, especialistas da área do setor hoteleiro e de turismo, Associação Hoteleira e de redes de hóteis de luxo. “Es um curso de inglês de fato inovativo e, acima de tudo, de praticidade relevante, o qual possui um conteúdo rico para uma formação moderna no setor de hotelaria e turismo”, relatou a gerente de negócios da LinguaTV, Sandra Gasber, sobre a curso “English for Hotel and Tourism”. Christian Siejock, gerente de treinamento da rede de hotéis InterContinental, atesta o alto valor do curso: “LinguaTV disponibiliza conhecimentos em inglês de muita eficiência e importância e mostra muito claramente como os funcionários devem se comunicar de forma profissional com os hóspedes.”

Mais informações sobre o curso de Inglês para hotel e aulas de demonstração gratuita.

Berlim / Londres  — O British Council anunciou, que o curso online “Inglês para Negócios“ da LinguaTV está entre os finalistas para o ELTons 2011 International Award. O prêmio de prestígio internacional, organizado pelo Britisch Council e patrocinado pela Cambridge ESOL, já está há nove anos consecutivos reconhecendo excelentes desempenhos em aulas de inglês (English Language Teaching = ELT) em todo o mundo.

O prestigiado e cobiçado prêmio “The Cambridge ESOL International Award for Innovation“ tem o objetivo de premiar produtos e serviços inovativos e práticos, no que se refere ao ensino de inglês. No total são três prêmios, que serão anualmente entregues pelo British Council.  O jurado escolheu apenas seis de um vasto leque de propostas. Há mais de 3 anos a LinguaTV vem sendo a primeira fornecedora alemã de cursos de inglês nomeada pelo British Council para o ELTons 2011.

O curso online “Inglês para Negócios" (Business English) abrange os mais importantes temas, como marketing, vendas, recursos humanos, compras e finanças. Em primeiro plano está uma grande seleção de vídeos produzidos profissionalmente com temas diversificados, que mostram claramente em situações autênticas como o idioma inglês deve ser utilizado no mundo dos negócios.   Os usuários ampliam o seu vocabulário ativo através de novas frases e vocábulos práticos e relevantes, e aprendem a pronúncia e o seu uso correto. Os vídeos são complementados por uma série de exercícios, que ajudarão você a verificar o vocabulário recentemente aprendido e a compreender textos orais e escritos. Na concepção e implementação de cursos de idiomas com conteúdo multimédia, a LinguaTV deposita um valor alto em conteúdo prático e performance empolgante, para que o aprendizado do idioma não seja apenas fácil, rápido e eficiente, mas que também seja divertido. Mais informações sobre os cursos de idiomas da LinguaTV já premiados, você encontra no site www.linguatv.com.

Os ganhadores serão anunciados em Londres no dia 23 de fevereiro de 2011, em uma cerimônia festiva. A lista completa com todos os nomeados para o prêmio está  disponibilizada na página do British Council.

Lições demonstrativas podem ser testadas por pessoas interessadas na página www.linguatv.com, para se obter uma noção da ampla funcionalidade da plataforma didática e tecnologicamente inovativa.

LinguaTV has been awarded Outstanding Achievement in Website Development by the Interactive Media Awards™ for its work on its language learning platform LinguaTV.com. The honor recognizes that the project met and surpassed the high standards of excellence that comprise the web’s most professional work. The site was honored specifically for excellence in the category “Training/Vocational Education”.

The judging consisted of various criteria, including design, usability, innovation in technical features, standards compliance and content. In order to win this award level, the site had to meet strict guidelines in each area — an achievement only a fraction of sites in the IMA competition earn each year.

Philip Gienandt, CEO of LinguaTV, said, "It's a great honour to have our work recognized by the Interactive Media Awards. We feel strongly that our projects are world-class examples of how the Internet and Online-Video can be used to improve vocational training efficiency and better reach educational goals. This accolade is further proof of this fact."

More information about the Interactive Media Awards at www.ima.com.

For the first time, the tried and tested Lextra video language courses created by the German editorial Cornelsen are exclusively available on the language learning platform www.linguatv.com for language learners all over the world. The courses range from classical Business English topics to entertaining detective stories for the languages Spanish, French, Italian and English.
Sandra Gasber, Managing Director at LinguaTV, is delighted by the latest additions: “We were pleased by Cornelsen’s contents from the very first. They perfectly complete our already established language courses.” “Cornelsen is one of Germany’s leading editorials for educational media. We have realized the trend to use videos for language teaching at an early stage,” adds Helga Holtkamp, Editor-in-Chief for Modern Foreign Languages at Cornelsen. “I am therefore particularly happy that we are now able to present our video language courses online at LinguaTV to an international audience.”
LinguaTV customers have access to a broad range of videos and interactive exercises on the most important Business English subjects such as Communications, Meetings, Presentations, Negotiations, and Socializing & Small Talk. Thanks to the entertaining video training, learners can make use of authentic conversation situations and practical exercises, as well as additional learning material to download, wherever and whenever they want. Or they pursue a mysterious word robbery with the detectives Anita Andress and Derek Dexter in twelve episodes. While hunting criminals like “El Gato Fantasma” in Madrid, “Le chat Masqué” in Paris, “Il Gatto Fantasma” in Rome and “Phantom Cat” in London, users learn the basics of the foreign language as they go along.
Apart from the plot’s suspense, it is the possibility to collect points of activity and to pursue one’s personal learning progress that is encouraging for the regular online training with the LinguaTV platform. Furthermore, social network community functions—such as learning groups—complete the products. Additional functions such as subtitles, an online dictionary, and considerable accompanying material with transcripts and exercises facilitate the individual learning of languages with a measurement of results.
Freely available demo lessons can be tested on www.linguatv.com.

For the 15th time the Comenius EduMedia Award is handed to outstanding educational multimedia products. On the 25th of June 2010 the online video platform www.LinguaTV.com was awarded the coveted Comenius EduMedia Seal as an “Outstanding Educational Multimedia Product” in the category of “Native and Foreign Language Education” by the renowned Association of Pedagogy and Information (Gesellschaft für Pädagogik und Information (GPI) e.V.). The Comenius EduMedia Award certifies exceptional educational and multimedia quality. This award is presented annually by an independent international jury of media experts from ten European countries to outstanding European educational multimedia brands. Representatives from all major software and education businesses gathered together for the fifteenth time in Berlin and this year selected LinguaTV as one of the most academically valuable, content-rich and well-designed educational multimedia products. The Comenius Award is the oldest German and European educational multimedia prize for outstanding academic multimedia products. All eligible products have to meet high academic requirements and are subject to extensive scrutiny. It is for this reason that the team at LinguaTV is extremely excited about this achievement. On behalf of LinguaTV, managing directors Sandra Gasber and Philip Gienandt accepted the award from the chairman of GPI, Prof. Dr. Gerhard E. Ortner, and Managing Director of the GPI, Dr Bernd Mikuszeit. Competing alongside LinguaTV were 140 applicants, including Auralog, Cornelsen, Digital Publishing and Klett Langenscheidt, with a total of 170 entries for the coveted European multimedia award. The video training from LinguaTV, which is already being used actively in current teaching and learning programs at various institutions, has, with this title, already acquired its fourth award in the company’s short three-year history. Since the end of April the content and features of the online platform have been enhanced. On offer are a total of sixteen courses in five foreign languages: English including Business English, French, Spanish and Italian as well as German are all now available for businesses, academic organisations and individual clients. The heart of the language course lies in the professionally produced video tutorials. Equipped with a user-friendly media player, realistic dialogues, transcripts and comprehensive interactive exercises, students are able to expand their language skills through the most practical means. Features such as a social network community, for example, add to the practical learning experience. A free trial is available for visitors at www.LinguaTV.com to offer an insight into the various functions of this academically and technologically innovative online platform.

To find out more about the Comenius-EduMedia Award visit www.gpi-online.de.

As of today, the LinguaTV team is delighted to be able to present its new online language learning platform with new videos and a new and chic design.

Based on the many excellent suggestions from our users and from experienced experts, we have not only developed visually, but also technologically, and are now able to offer you numerous additional functions and features.

For example, there is now a personal learning progress control and a recommendation system which helps the learner to target and develop those skills which are specific to his individual needs. The video player also demonstrates, alongside the old, well-known functions, such as subtitles and transcripts which can be shown or hidden from view, innovative new features: for example, the repeat button lets the user play back single sentences or complete text sections as often as he likes, until he has understood every word and perfected his pronunciation.

In addition, the platform has been expanded to include a download area, where the learner has access to various types of file (PDF, MP3, etc.). These act as a useful complement to the video lessons. As of today, we will be providing the transcripts and additional learning materials for your courses.  Furthermore, LinguaTV’s video language training is also going to be expanded with a new group functionality. Here it will be possible for the learner to get together with other LinguaTV users to do things like discuss the platform’s learning content or compare points tallies. This makes learning together even more fun and motivating.

Alongside the platform’s new features, LinguaTV now also has a broader range of video language courses. Beginners with only a little prior knowledge can use entertaining learning crime thrillers to help them get started in the English, French, Italian and Spanish languages. For advanced English learners, there are special courses in Business English which deal with a variety of themes such as holding presentations, conducting meetings and negotiations, communicating, engaging in small talk, and so on.

We recommend all our visitors, old and new, to register here and discover all the advantages the new language learning platform has to offer.

For further questions about our new “outfit“ and the new features, we are happy to take your calls or answer your e-mails at any time.