Edufone's Podcast Listeners Realize Their Dreams of Learning Spanish or English While They Commute

On July 20, Edufone will release the first of its free Travel Series podcasts.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 19, 2007 -- Edufone will release the first of its free Travel Series podcasts.

Edufone's unique language learning system works with the three devices people cannot live without: a computer, an mp3 player or iPod, and a cell phone. People can download their fun educational software directly to their cell phones and practice their vocabulary while waiting in line. Their free podcasts can be listened to on computers or downloaded and burned to CD-ROMs or loaded onto iPods, MP3 players, or newer cell phones.

People from all over the world download Edufone's podcasts. In June 2007 their website, www.edufone.com, received about 50,000 unique visitors. Free demo versions of the cell phone software are available by browsing to wap.edufone.com from a cell phone.

After high school Edufone founder, Jade Lindquist volunteered to vaccinate people in Nicaragua. Armed with equipment and two years of high school Spanish, she struggled to understand the rapid conversational Spanish surrounding her. Remembering how disempowered she felt when she tried to communicate in Spanish, she wants to help others improve their Spanish and English.

When Lindquist enrolled her children in ESL classes, she met many Hispanic parents who wanted to learn English. Empathizing with their struggle to be understood, she gave individual lessons to some of the parents but she couldn't keep up with the demand. She wanted to find a way to teach many more people. Technology came to her rescue. Knowing that most people have a cell phone with them at all times, she created educational software that can be downloaded directly to cell phones to practice Spanish and English vocabulary.

Knowing that people need to hear the language they're learning, Lindquist teamed up with a local Spanish teacher, Carla Staufert-Sevier, to create quality free podcasts to teach Spanish and English. Since people are very busy but they often spend an hour or more commuting each day, podcasts are an ideal way to learn a language during a commute or while doing household chores. Lindquist listens to Chinese podcasts before going to sleep. Not only does it take her mind off her business, but Chinese seeps into her subconscious, and sometimes she even dreams in Chinese. Since we hear our own native language about 8,765 hours by the time we're two years old, Lindquist encourages their podcast listeners to try to listen to the language they're learning at least an hour a day.

If you'd like more information about Edufone, please contact Edufone founder, Jade Lindquist.

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