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How I Discovered LiveMocha
April 10, 2009
It was July 2008...
I had just finished writing an emotionally draining piece—yet
another installment for my Forth of July
 Communiqué
series... To relax and cheer myself back up, I hopped on to
Rémy's excellent
set of 14
episodes (at that time) of Basic French on YouTube, which I had
been following. He happened to mention his blog, which I promptly checked out. That's where he was
featuring, among other things:
- A music video Je suis jalouse by French singer
Emily
Loizeau—a catchy, crisp, very upbeat and
humorously cute song. Shortly afterward, I went on to become a fan of Emily Loizeau.
(Her mother is British, which
explains the English first name) Merci, Rémy !
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A video clip by fellow youtuber
SpeedConKiwi. Kiwi was teaching basic conversational German,
which at the time I watched with only mild interest, as I wasn't
prepared to take on another new language, though I was intending to
learn it at some point. As fate would have it, 7 months later, I
dived into German head first (unrelated to this video). Kiwi
recommend that her viewers check out this cool new site LiveMocha.com; and the rest was history...
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Why this site? Ans: After 8 months of
active participation & contribution, I've learnt a great deal both on
and off the site. I have lots of observation, strategies and
techniques to share. I'll post them here in the coming weeks and months.
A big thanks to all my friends! |
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 Since I first discovered this site,
I've deemed its community unique and unmatched. The highly
motivated crowd of linguistic learners and experts alike,
naturally coincide with the demographic group which is:
international-minded, intellectual, adventurous and friendly.
Incidentally, as one starts
learning languages and cultures, immunity against xenophobic
deceases builds, and there's no turning back.
On behalf of appreciative
Mocharians everywhere, I'd like to take this opportunity to
thank LiveMocha for its valuable service to humanity.
Cuppachino
Nov. 8, 2008 |
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