Shiv on Learning

“Language Lab is more than another virtual language school - it is as real as any form of linguistic interaction can be: it brings to learning (and teaching) the reality of interactive contexts that turn the use of language in a learning environment into a meaningful and real activity. It is even ‘more real than reality’, in the sense that it brings to life the situations where learners really use language to communicate and to get things done, what is impossible in a usual classroom. The visual interface provided by Language Lab, as well as the human resources and variety of environments and interactive contacts with people from all over the world are amazing, and improving constantly, even when you think no more improvement can be done. Learning languages at Language Lab is not just learning linguistic formulae or structures, but making learning a significant part of life.” - Clarissa M Jordao University of Parana, Brazil

“I think the success of a virtual education business like Languagelab could stand for the opportunities a virtual world like Second Life could offer.” Leeza Cattaneo - Role Magazine

“I had the opportunity to take a tour of the languagelab.com islands this summer and was most impressed with the amount of thought and work that has gone into the company and methodology. They also have some very bright minds working on the project, which should show favourable results.” - Eduspaces

“The lesson structure made a lot of sense, and the discussions were all relevant to the context and specific location where they took place. Where better to talk about your preference for hotel rooms than in a hotel room, for example! Moving about the hotel also provided a welcome break, and gave students the opportunity to practise in plenty of relevant, spontaneous, necessary language (“It’s not in this room”, “Where are you now?” “I’ve found it - It’s over here!” “Where are you now?”)” – Graham Stanley – British Council

“I don’t see how anyone who experiences such a lesson on SL could fail to be convinced that teaching and learning a language on SL is possible. It is demonstrably so. The challenge is to grasp the extraordinary, technical opportunities that SL offers and exploit them imaginatively and effectively .” - Dennis Newson

“Language Lab has created an effective model where the virtual world serves the needs of a real world group: people needing English language
skills.” - Metanomics

Here are comments from some of our students…