Language learning through a social network site

LiveMocha today is unveiling a social network that attempts to connect people who want to learn a new language, a market that founder Shirish Nadkarni believes is worth $20 billion or more.
“It is growing rapidly due to globalization, immigration and travel, but it is a market that has seen very little innovation for the last decade,” said Nadkarni, whose parents stressed learning English when he was growing up in India. He came up with the idea for LiveMocha because he wanted to pass the same lessons on to his children, who are learning Spanish.
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