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Learn A New Language with the NEW Innovative Language Learning!

Good design is important. It communicates in ways text can’t.
It is the visual delivery of what a website is about.

With this in mind, the Innovative Language Learning website has been redesigned. We’ve thought about how we could best portray who we are and how we can help language lovers like you. And after long hours of tinkering in the lab, here is the result!

Ready? Go!

Visit the Innovative Language Learning Homepage!


Select your language.


Lifetime of learning.


The mobile way.

The sleek new design gets right to the point – you want to learn a foreign language. We help you master over 38 languages – including some rare ones like Mongolian and Swahili – in the fastest, easiest, and most fun way.

However, fitting all of this under one roof and keeping it focused was no easy task:

  • 21 language learning websites
  • Over 200 iPad iBooks, Kindle Books, Nook Books, and Audio Books in 38 languages
  • Over 700 iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Android mobile applications in 38 languages
  • Over 120 Mac and Mobile desktop applications in 38 languages
  • Survival Phrases courses available in 20 languages
  • But there’s more to the website.

    Get quick links to all of our products – we admit, we have a lot of language learning material. This lets you access and browse through them easier.

    Search either by language or product – to master as much material as possible for a certain language or if you’re going mobile and would like just the apps!

    Like free stuff? Who doesn’t! – check the free resources section with free subscriptions to our language sites, apps, audiobooks, kindle books and more!

    Click to visit the Spanish Page on Innovative Language.

    10 Best Spanish Holiday Gifts!

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    Your aunt? Get her an itchy sweater.
    Brother? Father? Itchy sweaters.
    Hey, it’s winter – a sweater is perfectly sensible gift.

    But a Spanish language lover, like you? Someone on a mission to be awesome at Spanish!? Someone that devours podcasts, workbooks, and textbooks like a Spanish learning monster and roars “MORE!”!? Don’t get sweaters!

    Get MORE! More Spanish!
    And here are 10 ways to do so!

    We’re counting down the holiday season with 10 days of the 10 BEST deals of the year!

    Deals like 55% Off Premium! 50% Off Basic, 50% Off Apps and More!

    Today’s Deal Lasts Only 24 Hours! Click To Get It!

    Starting from December 12th until the 23rd – not including the weekend – there will be a daily deal, each 24 hours long. At midnight, it expires and a new deal takes over. But you won’t know what it is until it comes!

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    And here’s the challenge – do you get it or wait for something better?
    What if you miss out? What if Santa gets stuck in your chimney?

    Missing out on one deal might be okay because there may be a better one after it! These are biggest and best deals of the year after all!
    How big, you ask? About $450 in savings total!

    And today’s deal is a whopping 55% off Premium subscriptions!

    Can you grab more than one deal? Yep – if you can catch ‘em and as long as they don’t conflict.

    Go to SpanishPod101.com/holidaydeals to see today’s deal!

    Update: Come January 2012, there will be new seasons and lessons. So get in early and learn more at a lower price (as high as 55% off if you don’t miss it)! Users that come around after the holidays will be paying a higher price!

    Happy Holidays from all of us at Innovative Language Learning!

    Killer Cyber Week Deals

    Hello Listener,

    What’s Cyber Monday you ask? Why, it’s the Internet’s busiest shopping day of the year. Deals are everywhere – minus the crowds! Everyone’s at home, click-click-clicking!

    You see, moms are buying shoes, dads are buying TV’s and… Language Learners? They’re looking for deals to spend less and learn more Spanish!

    But we’re not going to stop at just one day of hot deals on subscriptions. We slashed the price of everything we’ve got by 30% for an entire week!

    Welcome to Cyber Week : SpanishPod101 Style.

    All Basic Subscriptions – Only $42 for 1 Year!
    All Premium Subscriptions – $54 OFF for 1 Year!
    All iPhone Apps – As low as .99 or FREE!
    All Audiobooks – As low as $6.99!

    The 30% OFF Coupon has been applied everywhere! Just click on the link and you’ll be taken to the checkout page. iPhone and iPad apps have been marked down 30% in the iTunes App Store. And over in the Innovative Language Learning Store, we’ve slashed the prices of all Audiobooks and Mac Desktop Apps.

    Forget about Free Shipping – how about NO shipping? With our Apps, Software and Subscriptions, you’ll enjoy the instant gratification of buying online by getting access to any of your purchases right away! That means you start learning Spanish TODAY.

    Simply choose where to start browsing with the links below and enjoy 30% savings until Friday, December 2nd, 2011.

    [Click here to browse Basic and Premium SpanishPod101 Subscriptions]

    [Click here to launch the iTunes App Store]

    [Click here to browse our Audiobook Library]

    Happy CyberWeek!

    Has anyone said “Thank you” to you today?

    Has anyone said “Thank you” to you today? If not, we’d like to be the first!
    And we’d like to say it in 26 different languages.

    So listener, thank you for being a part of the Innovative Language family and for learning with us! Even though Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated in many parts of the world, everyone, everywhere loves hearing “thank you.”

    Click here to visit our Thank You Page and get your Free video lesson:

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    ‘Learn how to say thank you in 26 different languages.’ One day, when you travel the world, that’s the one phrase that will put a smile on other people’s faces.

    Click Here For Your Free Thank You Video Lesson

    But…that’s not all!

    Looking to learn more Spanish?

    From November 20th to the 25th – Get 30% OFF any subscription of your choice! 30% off is a big $54 off 1 year of Premium. Start speaking Spanish like it’s your own language!

    Click Here – Free Video Lesson & 30% OFF Now!

    Learn Spanish with This Once in a Millennium Offer

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    Better than Black Friday. That comes once a year.

    This offer is once in a millennium.

    Good through Monday:

    Click here to get 1-Month Premium for $11.11
    (55% OFF the regular price)

    or

    Click here to get 1-Year Premium for $111.11
    (43% OFF the regular price)

    That’s every single one of our audio and video lessons, PDF Lesson Notes, My Flashcards, My Word Bank, Core Word Lists, Lesson Quizzes, Review, Dialogue and Expansion tracks and so much more – for $11.11 for a single month, or $111.11 for an entire year!

    Don’t let this once in a millennium chance pass you by – it expires Monday, November 14th at midnight! Just pick your deal and get started with our fun and effective Spanish language learning system today!

    Click any of the links below to upgrade before it’s gone!

    Save 55% on 1-Month Premium — $11.11 for 1-Month

    or

    Save 43% on 1-Year Premium — $111.11 for 1-Year

    New! MyFlashcards are Smart Flashcards

    Hello Listener,

    Seen that iPhone 4S? It’s pretty smart and all.
    But is it making you smarter?

    Our new MyFlashcards are smarter now – but their goal is to make you smarter in too! If you’re a Premium Member, you know all about our spaced repetition system for learning lots and lots of vocabulary. However, we’ve recently made some BIG changes to the MyFlashcard system.

    Quick Overview: The Good Stuff
    In short MyFlashcards eliminates the “Where do I start?” “When should I study?” and “How much should I study?” by assigning you the words and dates.

    MyFlashcards 2.3 Update makes learning more efficient by:

  • assigning you the words due today
  • marking your progress, overall and by word
  • stopping you when you’ve done enough
  • recommending you study at a later assigned date to reinforce your memory
  • “Wait. You’re going to STOP me from studying?!”

    Yes.

    To remember better, you need to space out your study sessions in intervals. Studying once won’t imprint the word in your brain forever. Cramming for final the night before might work in college, but not for long term language acquisition. Study that particular deck in a week, then in 3 weeks and it won’t leave your brain!

    Updated! Try Out My Flashcards! Click Here!

    Here’s the detailed scoop!

    My Decks:
    Aside from starting a new deck, get quick overview of all your decks and their progress. Look for the “Due Today” notification to know just how many cards you have to study today! Yes – it gives you homework, it’s that smart!

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    Create New Deck – Deck Manager
    This takes you to the brand new Deck Manager. This is the deck master tool letting you pull words from any lesson, core word list or from My WordBank into any deck of your choice. If you want to combine the words from multiple lessons, just hold shift and click to select several lessons.

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    (sample screenshot from RussianPod101)

    Edit
    Feeling brave? Set the maximum number of flashcards per session in case you’re an overachiever and wish to study more. Just below the study modes, there’s a Manage Items section that shows all the words in the deck – and their progress. Remember, you must master the 3 study modes – recognition, production, and listening before a word is mastered 100%.

    Also, feel free to merge decks or add new cards here.

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    (sample screenshot from RussianPod101)

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    (sample screenshot from RussianPod101)

    Press Study or Launch Deck
    The new dashboard breaks down just exactly how many words are in a deck, the ones you mastered, learned, started and the ones you haven’t started. The progress bar on top tracks your overall process for this deck.

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    Start New Session
    The cards have been slightly redesigned so they’re easier to read. Go ahead and go through your deck. After one session, you’re not quite done yet! You must master all 3 modes, remember? After going through a few sessions, MyFlashcards will recommend you to study at a later date. Don’t worry – you’ll remember better if you spread your studying out instead of cramming in one shot.

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    (sample screenshot from JapanesePod101)

    Take some time and go through your decks. My Flashcards will track your progress to figure you out and serve you better as you go on. All you have to do is follow along and master the vocabulary. Simple!

    Click Here To Try Out My Flashcards!

    Suddenly, A New Feature Appears!

    Click on it! It’s super effective!

    As requested by users, we’re introducing Explore Curriculum, and it is indeed super effective! That’s because it answers two big questions users have:

    1) What is this series about?
    2) What will I learn?

    Whether you want to preview, view, or review a season and the lessons inside, use Explore Curriculum.

    How’s it super effective, you ask? It addresses a big issue in learning language: spending time on something you’ve already learned before. If you already know it, isn’t the time better spent on something you don’t know? You can’t skip what you already know in a classroom, but at SpanishPod101, you can!

    Explore Curriculum does just that. It provides a snapshot of seasons and their lessons down to the grammar, conversation, vocabulary, and more. Know it already? Great, move on! Or, better, quickly review the concepts so they stay fresh in your mind.

    This is perfect for beginners who would like to see a road map of what they will study. Similarly, it’s great for experienced students who want to spend their time wisely and skip what they know, and study material they don’t know.

    Click Here To See A Sample

    Good Luck!

    Conquer Spanish with Collins Spanish for Mac

    Hello Listeners,

    Ever attempt math homework? Drive into a traffic jam? Log into Facebook? All are popular and guaranteed ways of getting stuck and getting nowhere.

    Unfortunately Spanish is no different. But before you admit shameful defeat and go on Facebook to express your anguish in a status, there’s something that will get you through!

    One of the most trusted Spanish dictionaries is now on the Mac.

    Together with famous publisher HarperCollins, we’ve brought you the Collins Unabridged English Dictionary and Collins Thesaurus of the English Language. This time, it’s the Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete and Unabridged.

    This is the first and last Spanish dictionary you’ll ever need. If you’re feeling stuck, building up your vocabulary base will boost your Spanish from basic to advanced. The Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete and Unabridged is the definitive Spanish-English Dictionary for the Mac.

    This app takes 310,000 references and 442,000 translations and packs it down into a sweet browser-like app. With the Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete and Unabridged, you can:

  • Browse alphabetically by vertical letter tabs
  • Get Google-like instant search results
  • Navigate like you would in a browser
  • Bookmark words by starring for later review
  • Review history of browsed words
  • Switch between English and Spanish
  • ..and more!
  • Best of all, it’s clean and streamlined for elegance, simplicity, and speed. Perfect for learners and native speakers of Spanish – whether going from English to Spanish, or Spanish to English!

    What’s the lesson? Know your math, avoid traffic, log out of Facebook, and get ahead in Spanish with the Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete and Unabridged for the Mac.

    Visit the Innovative Language Store for more information or directly at the Mac App Store.

    Why You Need Spanish Basics!

    Before Michael Jordan was great. Before Bruce Lee was great.
    And before your favorite actor was great, do you know what they did?

    They sat around hoping to be great.
    Wait, no. They practiced their basic skills every day.

    This is why it’s important to get back to the basics of Spanish and reinforce your listening, speaking, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. But we’re not talking about the easy stuff, man. We mean the necessary basics! If you learn just the Spanish verb conjugation rules but can’t conjugate any verb immediately, on the spot, without looking it up?…

    …You need to get back to basics!

    Being great in Spanish requires knowing your basics 100%.
    With 25% OFF Basic, its time to get back to basics, and go from good to great. The Back To Basic Sale is the perfect chance to do just that.

    Click Here! Save 25% OFF on All Basic Subscriptions

    Why Basic?
    Basic is the most affordable plan. And now, at 25% off, it’s even more affordable.

    As a Basic member, you get the core basics of our learning system – every single audio and video lesson we’ve ever made and the lesson notes. Users love these features the most and they’re what makes us so popular with language students around the world!

    Most Affordable Plan Even More Affordable – 25% OFF Now!

    Our Premium plan offers the fastest track to fluency. With Premium, you get EVERYTHING. But the Back to Basic sale is the perfect option for those who just want the basics at a lower price. This deal ends on Friday, October 28th, 2011 so you must act fast!

    Click here & Save $24 on 24 months of Spanish

    Start speaking from the very first lesson with Jessi, Silvia and the Gang and Get Back to Basics!

    Tell Us Your Story!

    Hello Listener,

    Once in a while, we like to pop in out of nowhere and ask:

    How you doin’?!

    As in, how is your Spanish progress going? How has SpanishPod101 helped you with learning Spanish, school, traveling abroad, or with your Spanish speaking grandmother?

    We love stories from our listeners about why they started learning Spanish, the adventures they’ve been on, and how Spanish has become a regular part of their lives. Similarly, we also want to hear about your results and progress!

    Whether you have a crazy story for us or just want to drop a few thoughts on how SpanishPod101 improved your language skills – we want to know.

    Tell us your story – email us at testimonials@spanishpod101.com

    For stories from our other users, click on the “Success Stories” in Categories on the right side of this blog.