Monthly Archives: May 2008

FrenchPod is a PLS

FrenchPod went live last week. It represents a new version of the Praxis Language platform. It got off to a great start with some colorful lessons and and an active community. We’ve called the new platform the Personalized Learning System, … Continue reading

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Language and social distance

  Most traditonal language teaching focused on grammar, tests, and structures – the forms, in other words - often to the exclusion of the way that people actually spoke the target language.  This practice remains very much the focus of language teaching in China. … Continue reading

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