Is it possible to learn a foreign language using social media? Well probably not using it exclusively, but it certainly can be a valuable tool to help you along the language learning path.
Applications like Facebook, Myspace, Hi5, and even Twitter can give you exposure to a foreign language that you might not usually get. You can make friends with people from different countries and share your languages, giving you added incentive to learn the language as well as a means of doing it.
There are also specialised social media sites such as LiveMocha where you meet friends based solely on the languages you each wish to learn. This can be an excellent resource for helping you learn your foreign language – make new friends and study at the same time.
So can you learn a foreign language through social media? If used correctly and wisely they can be very effective language learning tools indeed.
