As New Brunswick continues on its self-destructive path of eliminating early French immersion without a viable alternative, we now have FrenchPod, a [subversive] learning option that bypasses the politicized education system:
FrenchPod is a language training service designed around your needs, rather than the traditional constraints of language schools and publishers. Technology solves these problems and can make the learning of a new language easier.
We take the best pedagogical approaches of the classroom, layer in the community features of the social web and tailor a customized learning pathway for each student.
Note that networks route around obstructions with ease, and we now live in a networked world.
I’m delighted to see the debut of French Pod… one of my children has been using Chinese Pod for some time, and last night I learned that another, whose spouse is from Madrid, has just discovered Spanish Pod.
It’s a long way from j’entre dans la salle de class… je regarde autour de moi… je dis bonjour au professeur… and especially from je prends ma place.