Radio Lingua Network
Private | |
Founded | October 2006 |
Founder | Mark Pentleton |
Headquarters | South Ayrshire |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 10[1] |
Website | radiolingua.com |
The Radio Lingua Network is a Scottish company headquartered in South Ayrshire, Scotland that provides language-learning materials through podcasts, YouTube videos, the iBookstore and other Internet-based media. Radio Lingua was founded in 2006 by Mark Pentleton, a former teacher of French and Spanish. Its first podcast, Coffee Break Spanish, was released on 18 October 2006. As of November 2012, the company had produced 34 podcasts teaching 24 different languages.[2]
All of Radio Lingua's podcasts are available for free on iTunes and Podcast Alley. More in-depth content is provided (including extra-length video podcasts, worksheets, and lesson guides) for paying members. Radio Lingua provides courses about French, Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Gaelic, Greek, Flemish, Irish, Japanese, Luxembourgish, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Zulu.
Radio Lingua's podcasts have won several national and European awards.[3][4]
Podcasts
French
- Coffee Break French
- One Minute French
- On Location French
- Rock Star French
- School Run French
- Twitter Learn French
- Walk, Talk, and Learn French
German
Italian
Spanish
- Coffee Break Spanish
- News Time Spanish
- One Minute Spanish
- One Minute Spanish for Latin America
- Show Time Spanish
- Twitter Learn Spanish
Other Languages
- One Minute Arabic
- One Minute Catalan
- One Minute Danish
- One Minute Dutch
- One Minute Gaelic
- One Minute Greek
- One Minute Flemish
- One Minute Irish
- One Minute Japanese
- One Minute Luxembourgish
- One Minute Mandarin
- One Minute Norwegian
- One Minute Polish
- One Minute Portuguese
- One Minute Romanian
- One Minute Russian
- One Minute Swedish
- One Minute Turkish
- One Minute Ukrainian
- One Minute Zulu
References
- ↑ "Our Presenters - Radio Lingua Network".
- ↑ "Our Story - Radio Lingua Network".
- ↑ Lewin, James (9 April 2009). "European Podcat Awards Announced". Podcating News.
- ↑ "Coffee Break French wins European Podcast Award!". Radio Lingua Network. March 2013.
External links
- Official Radio Lingua Website
- Radio Lingua Facebook Page
- Radio Lingua Twitter Page
- Mark Pentleton's Blog