Author Archive for admin



Faster, simpler dictionary search

One of the things that first drew me to FireFox a few years ago was its integrated search box. Being able to search Google or Yahoo without actually going to the page was a huge improvement, and has probably saved me hundreds of hours over the years. Now we’ve brought a little of that functionality […]

ChinesePod and SpanishSense Class of ‘08

For most university students, learning languages means attending lectures and reading textbooks, and trying to memorize different grammar points and tons of vocabulary. But here in Praxis Language, we believe that it can be so much more than that! Combined with our podcasts and myriad of study tools available on our websites (Cpod and SpanishSense), […]

Technical difficulties

Hi guys,
We are experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment. Please do bear with us whilst we try and bring both sites back up again.
Kind regards,
Eileen
Update: We are now back online!

Celebrating SpanishSense’s 100th lesson!

5 months have passed since we first launched SpanishSense to the general public and we are now proud to announce that we have released our 100th lesson today entitled “Visita a la Fábrica (advanced)“!
That’s right, we now have 34 newbie, 34 elementary, 13 intermediate, 11 upper intermediate, and 8 advanced lessons in the lesson archive. […]

Fancy a SpanishSense mug?

Hi guys,
There’s a new promotion over at SpanishSense that I’d like to share with you. From now until the end of August, when you subscribe (or upgrade) to a 1 year Premium susbcription, we will be sure to send you your very own SpanishSense mug free of charge!
Tell me, what’s more comforting than having […]

Spanish Verb Tables

July has been a good month for SpanishSense - first we released the SpanishSense Fix, and now we are releasing the first resource that is unique to SpanishSense - Verb Tables.
The rules governing verbs in Spanish are a real advantage for students (although they don’t always feel that way!), because learning a few simple rules […]

Gearing up for the Olympics!

Were you planning to attend the Olympics next year but were afraid that you’d get lost in the sea of people? Were you secretly panic-stricken by the thought that no one’s there to guide you as you trek your way through the Olympic village or, at the very least, tell you where the nearest vending […]

Canto-mania!

In my last post here I talked about building language learning communities, and today I’m happy to announce the birth of ChinesePod Cantonese, a forum dedicated to learners of what may well be the coolest sounding of the Chinese dialects. It is being administered by AuntieSue, a familiar face in the ChinesePod community, and is […]

Community Building

At Praxis Language, we realize that language learning is a social phenomenon, but when we look across the Internet there is a distinct lack of communities for most language learners. We’d like to help fill this gap by creating forums (much like our ChinesePod forum) for students of other languages.
This is where you come in! […]

Building a Better Widget

My name’s John Biesnecker, and I’m a new addition here at Praxis HQ. I’m helping Eileen with customer support, and dipping my toes in a variety of projects that touch on many areas of the ChineseSpanishPodSense operations.
Today, like a humble apprentice going to the elder monks for guidance, I have a question for the Big […]