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busuu

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busuu.com is a free online community for learning languages.

The users can connect with other native speakers from the community via an integrated video-chat in order to directly practice their language skills.

Additionally, users have free access to learning material covering more than 150 different topics (e.g. in the restaurant, job interview etc..). The learning material is currently available in German, English, Spanish, French but new languages will be added soon. All the material is highly audiovisual with photos and supported by the voices of professional voice artists.

The website was launched in May 2008 and has by June 2009 more than 130,000 registered users from over 200 different countries.

busuu.com has been nominated as official project of UNESCO´s International Year of Languages.

Milestones

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• 
  busuu — busuu.com wins Lion in Cannes (6/22/09)
  Posted 6/25/09 at 3:26am
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  busuu — busuu.com online for one year - more than 100,000 users from over 200 countries (5/18/09)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:36am
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  busuu — busuu.com in Top 3 of Spanish best website of the year award (5/11/09)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:34am
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  busuu — busuu.com Co-Founder selected as Entrepreneur of the Year (4/1/09)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:32am
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  busuu — busuu.com launches paid premium courses (2/5/09)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:31am
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  busuu — busuu.com becomes official project of the UNESCO´s year of languages (10/15/08)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:30am
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  busuu — busuu.com launches a campaign to rescue the nearly extinct whistled language Silbo Gomero (9/25/08)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:29am
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  busuu — Open beta version online (5/16/08)
  Posted 6/15/09 at 1:27am
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  busuu added Adrian Hilti as Co-Founder.
  Posted 12/17/08 at 4:05am
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  busuu added Bernhard Niesner as Co-Founder.
  Posted 12/17/08 at 4:05am

Videos

Screenshots

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Products

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Free online language courses

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Premium online language courses

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Sources

1. We are online! (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
2. busuu.com rescues the Silbo Gomero (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
3. busuu.com is officially accepted as project for the UNESCO´s International Year of Languages! (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
4. The busuu-baby has grown up! (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
5. busuu.com Co-Founder selected as Entrepreneur of the Year (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
6. busuu.com in Top 3 of best website of the year award! (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
7. Happy birthday busuuuu! (blog.busuu.com) [edit]
8. busuu.com wins Lion in Cannes (blog.busuu.com) [edit]