Send to KindleTweetDuolingo branches out of beta in 7 days (June 19th, 2o12) to its public release. It’s a completely free web-based language learning program. They currently offer online lessons in English, French, German, and Spanish, but are already expanding to other languages such as Italian, Portugese, and Chinese. Duolingo was founded by Swiss developer Severin Hacker. Duolingo is completely free. Instead of having you purchase the product, Duolingo allows you to learn any language, so long as you  occasionally between lessons translate current web pages that are in the language you’re learning to English. They use the best/most common translations of web pages from Duolingo users, and sell them to the webmaster, making them a profit, and allowing you to delve into a new language. It’s pretty good brand strategy on their part. As expected, Duolingo also offers basic training exercises, with lessons such as, but not limited to, Food, Animals, Household Items, Clothing, Jobs, and more. Duolingo is currently in beta, meaning you’re unable to sign up now, but we should be seeing a full release within the next week. [Source] Read more »