Athens, Greece (April 16th, 2007) - Today, management of a secret Greek organization unveiled the newest member of the global wired world, LingoPass! Born at 2:45 PM, LingoPass! stands 800 pixels tall and weighs 4.5 MB. It was a healthy green color as shown by the picture below.

Prior to the monumental debut, management was logging 16 hour days at Starbucks (Kolonaki) to bring you the latest in language exchange platforms.

What can you do with LingoPass!? Members are able to freely search for and communicate with language exchange partners. Simply create your free profile, send e-mails, instant message, and practice speaking - all for free!

If you need lessons, we can provide that too!

Note: All prior correspondences in this blog were taken from Tito’s e-mails to friends and family around the world.

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Written by Chris Titus

Shortly after arriving in Athens, I started classes at CELT Athens. Classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 1PM and 6PM. After class, we have rougly a half hour to do any last minute preparations for our teaching sessions, which finish around 8:30PM. Despite the long hours, classes are a lot of fun.

The school’s owner and director of studies, Marisa Constantinides, has been able to bring the material to life in a way that demonstrates rather than preaches. I believe she missed her calling to be in theater. Classes are always entertaining.

The class consists of five students, 3 women and 2 men. We have been divided into two groups to teach the different levels- Elementary and Intermediate. I chose to begin with the Intermediate group and was paired up with Lina and Eleni (pictured below).

The women are all originally from Greece. Eleni, who has become a good friend, lived in England for eight years. Steven, a former school teacher from England, has many years of teaching experience. However, as we’ve both learned, we are at the same disadvantage being native speakers. Our understanding of grammar is quite limited compared to our peers who have been studying linguistics. So far, I’ve especially enjoyed the areas of learner psychology. It opens me up to a whole new way of thinking.

We’ve taught three times and I’ve enjoy it immensely. I can already tell that the skills I’m developing in this class will help me in which ever field I return to back home.

Here, we are having drinks at a restaurant off of Akademias street.
Picture (left to right): Chris, Lina, Steven, Eleni, Sylvia, Marisa

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