Friendly Language

From OLPC

Contents 1 About 2 Mission 3 We Need You 4 How To Get Involved 5 Aardvark xSL 6 GSL

[edit] About

Friendly Language is an organization dedicated to helping people of all ages to make new friends through learning language.

[edit] Mission

Our mission is to make language learning material that is accessible, scalable and sustainable.

Accessibility: By including as many languages as possible.

Scalability: By harnessing the latest technology to support rapid growth.

Sustainability: By working intelligently through partnerships with a spirit of collaboration.

[edit] We Need You

There is a specific need for:

- people who can translate between one language and another

- people who are familiar with grant-funding

- people who are language learning enthusiasts

[edit] How To Get Involved

• Visit the Friendly Language Mailing List page and subscribe to get the weekly news report.
• To expedite, send an email to tekelsey "at" gmail "dot" com, and include something in the subject line like "Friendly Language - I'm a graphic designer" or "Friendly Language - I recently graduated from college and I don't know how I can help but I'd love to anyway"
• Visit the "laptop" blog: http://olpc.wordpress.com

[edit] Aardvark xSL

• Aardvark xSL is an interactive language learning experience with a simple interface, designed to allow children to practice pronunication and become familiar with the way various languages look.

[edit] GSL

• GSL is an experiment with using comedy and singalong music to help kids have fun with being exposed to other languages.