We are in Barcelona!

Spanish 1 works for us

We’ve now been here in Barcelona for a couple of weeks. Our Spanish is improving by leaps and bounds, and we are having great fun exploring the city. We prepared for our stay with our Spanish 1 course and are pleased at how many words, phrases, and expressions from our course we see, hear, and read every day. During our walks around town, we practice with shop keepers, waiters, and anybody else we can talk to. We read the local El Periódico every morning, and watch some Spanish television at night. Our list of new words, which we review often, keeps growing. 

Research for Spanish 2

We have started to take pictures of the advertised daily lunch or evening menus, asked for them in restaurants, and are compiling a list of the most common names of Spanish foods and dishes. These terms, together with other words and phrases that we encounter, will then become part of Spanish 2. (They’ll also be available as downloads on our site for those who are interested.)

Learn a foreign language for free: Watertown Patch

The following article appeared in the Watertown Patch on March 9, 2012 unter the headline:

"Couple Wants to Help Watertown Residents Learn a Foreign Language"

Innovative Pricing Offer: Earn back purchase price by playing and learning in 40 days

In January 2012 we began experimenting with a new pricing offer: We will reimburse anybody who completes one of our 36 lesson courses in 40 days his/her full purchase price, as long as they achieve a 95% score in each lesson. In fact, we will even reimburse anyone $.88 (or whatever the per lesson cost may be) for each lesson with a 95% score within the 40 days window. (As an added incentive we will also count any referrals to our site the same way.) The only obvious caveat is that the total reimbursement cannot exceed the original purchase price. The offered ended March 31st, 2012, but users who signed up before that date are still getting the benefit of the offer. We have started to reimburse all players for the scenes they completed with at least a 95% score.

GamesforLanguage, LLC Interview on MYOB Radio Show

Ulrike Rettig and Pascal Rettig of GamesforLanguage, LLC were recently interviewed on the MYOB Radio Show. Listen to the October 19, 2011 interview.

Complete courses launch on GamesforLanguage.com

We have launched our full courses on GamesforLanguage.com program with four (4) initial languages: French 1,  Italian 1, Spanish 1, and German 1. These courses are designed specifically for Teens and Adults. Each course has 36 lessons consisting of a conversation and games that help you learn the language of everyday life, or propel you to refresh your dormant language skills. Each language is available to play online for $19.95 per course, and you'll have full access from any computer, anywhere in the world. We are planning intermediate and advanced courses for each of the current four languages, as well as English for speakers of these languages. We have tested and improved our language games over the last eight months during our Beta phase with hundreds of players. Our program will appeal to teens and adults who want:

AN AFFORDABLE BUT EFFECTIVE PROGRAM TO LEARN LANGUAGES WITH GAMES

Italian 1 completed

We've now completed all 36 lessons of our Italian 1 course, which is designed specifically for Teens and Adults. This course consists of a conversation and games that help you learn the language of everyday life, or propel you to refresh your dormant language skills. It's available to play online for $19.95, and you'll have full access from any computer, anywhere in the world. 

Spanish 1 completed

We've now completed all 36 lessons of our Spanish 1 course, which is designed specifically for Teens and Adults. This course consists of a conversation and games that help you learn the language of everyday life, or propel you to refresh your dormant language skills. It's available to play online for $19.95, and you'll have full access from any computer, anywhere in the world.  

French 1 completed

We've now completed all 36 lessons of our French 1 course, which is designed specifically for Teens and Adults. This course consists of a conversation and games that help you learn the language of everyday life, or propel you to refresh your dormant language skills. It's available to play online for $19.95, and you'll have full access from any computer, anywhere in the world. 

German 1 completed

We've now completed all 36 lessons of our German 1 course, which is designed specifically for Teens and Adults. This course consists of a conversation and games that help you learn the language of everyday life, or propel you to refresh your dormant language skills. It's available to play online for $19.95, and you'll have full access from any computer, anywhere in the world. 

GamesforLanguage selected as MassChallenge Finalist

On May 24, 2011 we received this exciting e-mail:

Congratulations GamesForLanguage,LLC,

Your company has been selected as a 2011 MassChallenge finalist! You are hereby invited to participate in the 2011 accelerator program.

MassChallenge is a competition of start-up companies and we are excited to have been selected a finalist.

Read here about the GameForLanguage posting on the MassChallenge website.