We develop & publish Language Mentor, an open platform which allows anyone to create audio-centric language lessons and publish them to the world. Language Mentor's audio-centric approach is designed to allow busy people to study while doing other things - exercising, cleaning, etc. - which creates additional language practice time out of thin air. Example Mandarin Chinese and German lessons are available, with more in the pipeline. While we hope that students of Chinese and German will enjoy these lessons, their primary purpose is to demonstrate how Language Mentor works and to inspire others to create lessons. Features for Learners: • "Mostly Audio" format creates language study time where none existed before • Record/Playback allows learners to hear and perfect their pronunciation • "I Know This" button allows learners to suppress sentences and phrases that they have mastered, and focus on the content that they haven't mastered • Multiple learning modes for learning new content, translation practice, etc. Open Platform: • Anyone can create lessons for any language • Lessons are published to "lesson libraries" which can be located anywhere on the Internet • Individuals and institutions can create libraries and share them with the world • Teachers can create libraries for their classes and for individual students • Users decide which libraries they wish to use
