August 10, 2007

The language of the Olympics

With the 2008 Olympics literally around the corner, the fact that they are being held in Beijing, China, brings up a few problems, travel for one and language as a very close second. With this in mind top language specialists EF are offering a mobile versions of their “Official Beijing 2008 Olympic Games English Lessons” this application comes via GEX technology from Gamefederation.

The language services will first be rolled out in china through MSN China, and shortly afterwards it will become available though other Internet portals and mobile operators.

The mobile English product will be made up of a daily email lesson, which is available to four million students around the world. That provides a mix of sounds, pictures and text, will be free of charge. But paid for video content will be coming along in 2008.

Source [Mobile Ent]

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