Babbel.com Apps Launched on New Windows 8 - Offering Whole New Language Learning Experience

Atlanta, GA, November 04, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Windows 8 users can now download eleven new language learning apps for free from the Education category of the Windows Store and learn their favorite languages on their PC or tablet. Babbel is the first provider of language learning apps in the Education category of the Windows Store.

Thanks to the attractive design and a user-friendly layout, the educational apps offer a flexible, highly effective and entertaining way to learn. “We are impressed with the Babbel apps as they present an immersive Windows experience through a combination of great design and content,” said John Richards, Senior Director of Windows Apps Marketing for Microsoft Corp.

Very Promising Collaboration

With Windows 8, Microsoft supports the use of touchscreen technologies, opening up opportunities for new partnerships with app developers such as Babbel. The highly aesthetic interface of the new OS and the Babbel apps’ design will offer a unique language learning experience.

“Windows 8 is the next step in the increasing convergence of mobile and static user interfaces. We have perceived this as an ever growing trend in the area of language learning therefore, the new interface of Windows 8 is particularly well suited for our language learning apps. We’re excited about users’ response to the new apps and look forward to further collaborating with Microsoft,” said Markus Witte, CEO of Babbel.

The new apps contain 3000 words along with example sentences using interactive, audiovisual flashcards and writing exercises around topics such as as culture, the digital world, sport or vacation. Users newly acquired vocabulary can be managed and repeated at defined intervals by an integrated review manager in order to optimize the learner’s ability to memorize material.

As well as the app, learners also receive a free user account on babbel.com. Windows 8 users can, for the time being, download the new apps for Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish free of charge.

About Babbel:

With the online learning system Babbel, both beginners and continuing learners can study English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Swedish, Dutch, Indonesian, Polish and Turkish. The websites offers besides classical grammar, beginner’s and intermediate courses, also thematic courses around food, travel, business or society in an interactive and fun way. There are also apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Android mobile devices, as well as interactive eBooks. More than 7 million people from over 200 countries are studying languages with Babbel.

The company behind Babbel, Lesson Nine GmbH, operates out of Berlin, Germany. Founded in August 2007, it now has around 120 fulltime and freelance employees. Since July 2008 Lesson Nine has been funded by Kizoo AG and VC-Fonds Berlin. Further information at http://www.babbel.com (http://www.babbel.com/)

Press Contacts Babbel.com:
Atlanta, GA Wes Rogers, wes@staedelcomms.com, +1 404 969 6849
Berlin, Germany Flora Petersen, fpetersen@babbel.com, +49 30 755 62 33 6