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Lonely Planet launches a language course by language learning expert Fluenz. This tool is full of travel related language, vocabulary and grammar. It has been launched in Spanish and is looking to branch out to Italian, French, Portuguese and German soon. It offers a free trial to test it out and then a monthly subscription after that.
World traveller, multi-linguist and Fluenz co-founder Sonia Gil developed the idea of Lonely Planet’s Fluent Road. It boasts that is it different from any other online language courses.
With travellers in mind it offers those wanting to learn words and phrases to be able to get by in another country speaking another language. It focuses on key elements required such as dining, accommodation, shopping, directions to ensure that you can talk confidently with the locals.
It is also customised depending on where you are travelling to, incorporating accents in the Spanish language—Mexican, Argentinian, Spain or neutral Latin American so people can learn the accents of the locals and speak to them in their regional dialect.
There are hundreds of exercises to help you better understand comprehension, including reading and writing, listening and speaking, flash cards and videos with tips and techniques to help you along the way.
“We are thrilled to release Lonely Planet’s Fluent Road,” says Piers Pickard, Publishing Director of Trade, Reference & Language at Lonely Planet. “Lonely Planet is the world’s leading phrasebook publisher with over 10 million phrasebooks sold globally. We believe that learning the local language when travelling abroad helps travellers get more from their trip. Extending into online language learning is a natural progression for Lonely Planet and Fluenz is a great partner for us. They focus on practical language skills so that travellers can adapt their working knowledge into almost every travel situation.”
“When developing Lonely Planet’s Fluent Road, we worked very hard to match the real life experiences, and accents that travellers encounter,” says Sonia Gil, co-founder of Fluenz. “As an avid traveller and speaker of five languages, I greatly believe that having a baseline comprehension of a language can enhance the overall travel experience. I also understand how difficult it is to find time to learn a language. This is why we so carefully structured Fluent Road to be a primer ahead of trips, a useful tool during your trip and an on-going tool following your return. Partnering with the world leader in travel – Lonely Planet – to leverage our expertise in languages and travel is a perfect pairing.”