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wixi: can language learning get any easier?

ask the experts: include everyone who knows any answers
ask the ones who have fun learning langauge easy: kids.

wixi your wiki to see more hows and ways we learn language, 
and maybe uncover more fun and easy ways to learn language,
so maybe more of us can have more fun learning languages.

verb

wixi is a verb meaning to multilingualize or learn language
wixi this verb into any wiki you like; wixi is public domain.. 
so this verb wixi is thus free from trademark restrictions

noun

wixi can serve wixi + twext interface for language learners,
with twext translations of multilingualizing wikis

wiki

awesome resource, enabling communications, instructions and 
meanings to be easily shared by all kindsa groups.. thanks!

twext

potentially useful resource for language learners; a simple
system to format bifocal bitext in variable chunk size; the
twext method may enable many rich, complex learning systems.

purpose

wixi will enable wiki texts to "get twext", providing users
with an interface to create and share comprehensible input
and maybe make it easier to read in more languages. 

context

demand to learn English worldwide grows intense; learning 
languages creates a plethora of opportunities for people..
problem: many people have a hard time with language methods.

solution: promote systems that help people improve methods:
wixi proposes system help us freely improve language methods.

integrate

wixi can integrate existing and potential wiki resources, ie:
• wikia, schtuff, twiki, xwiki, wikeva, etc
• OLPC laptop systems
• wikipedia and other wikimedia projects
• people who teach languages
• people who learn languages