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Hello Listener,

Just one thing is missing from making your Cantonese perfect.

A native Cantonese speaker.

Someone who can correct your mistakes. Someone who understands your strengths and weaknesses and tells you what to study next. Someone to practice with.

Ready to improve your Cantonese?

The NEW Premium PLUS subscription at CantoneseClass101.com, like Premium, gives you unlimited access to the entire CantoneseClass101.com website. You’re getting:

But here’s how you reach Cantonese perfection:

Premium PLUS gives you access to your own personal Cantonese instructor so you get…

Get a personal assessment of your Cantonese skills. Understand your strengths and weaknesses so you know what to study next.

Your instructor will create a study plan based your needs. If speaking is your weak point, your instructor will design a study plan to help you start speaking like a native. Everyone’s experience will be different!

Get personalized instruction from a native speaker for continuous feedback on writing, pronunciation, and other language skills.

Premium PLUS has been a hit on JapanesePod101.com for years and we’re quickly developing more Premium PLUS programs for all our languages. Stay tuned for more news on Premium PLUS!

Hello Listener,

Last week, we confirmed Bulgarian, Finnish, and Vietnamese are coming in July, 2012.

In fact, you can go and sign up right now!

Just keep in mind that these fast, fun, and easy lessons don’t start ‘til July 2nd, while we get ready for launch. But let’s get back on track.

The next three languages are…

*drumroll*

Filipino, Norwegian, and Turkish!

Why these languages? The users have spoken.

And we had to deliver.

Plus, while there were tons of website teaching a few basic words and phrases, they all skipped what really matters: speaking and understanding native conversation.

Before you choose one (or all three), remember – every new lesson published will be FREE to access for 3 weeks, when you sign up for any of our InnovativeLanguage.com sites!

Learn Filipino with FilipinoPod101.com

This Austronesian language opens you up to beautiful weather and rich culture of the 7,107 islands within the Philippine archipelago. Not to mention, there are over 100 million Filipinos around the world to practice with! English is the second official language of the Philippines, so someone will always be able to help you understand the language better!

Start Speaking Norwegian with NorwegianClass101.com

English speakers rejoice! Norwegian is one of the easier languages to learn. It’s a Germanic language like English and thus has many words in common. There are about 5 million Norwegian speakers and as an added bonus, it’s more or less mutually intelligible with Swedish and Danish. That’s like learning one language and getting the next one free! Scandinavia, here we come!

Turkish Made Easy with TurkishClass101.com

Turkey is like an open air museum with ancient temples everywhere you go. If that’s not enough for you, its turquoise seas will surely seal the deal. There are over 85 million Turkish speakers in the world and the country itself is a bridge between Europe and the Middle East. But isn’t the Turkish language hard, you ask? No! What you see is what you get. Turkish uses latin characters and is pronounced as it’s written. Plus, Turkish is an Altaic language and closely related to Japanese!

Want to learn at 50% OFF for life on Basic and Premium? The first 101 listeners to sign up for the Founding Fathers Club will get a lifetime 50% off discount. That’s lifetime access to language learning for close to nothing while future members will pay full price!

Basic and Premium users enjoy access to all the lessons we’ve ever made and will make as well as Lesson Notes for each lesson. Premium members will speed up their learning with Premium learning tools such as online flashcards, line-by-line audio, video lessons, and mobile apps.

Save the date! July 2nd, 2012 is when our Bulgarian, Filipino, Finnish, Norwegian, Turkish, and Vietnamese sites go live!

Hi there listener,

200 Million Lesson Downloads!

That’s a ton of lessons downloaded! That’s a lot of Cantonese mastered!

Since we couldn’t have done it without you, we gave out 120 Premium Memberships!

If you missed out on the big giveaway, here’s another chance to learn Cantonese for LESS.

Save 20% on Premium at CantoneseClass101.com until July 4th and…

20% OFF Our Most Popular Subscription!

Why is it so popular? This subscription comes with complete Lesson Library Access!

Meaning: The fun, fast, and easy lessons that users love (and downloaded 200 million times!) are all yours. You’re getting all the lessons we’ve ever made, and will make during your year with us. And on top of that, follow along with the Lesson Notes that give you easy to understand explanations of the grammar and vocabulary presented in the audio. These printable lesson notes are all yours with any Premium Subscription.

Begin Cantonese today or continue your studies here – our lessons cover Absolute Beginner level up to Advanced.

Premium is Also For Our Serious Learners…

The kind that are dead-set about speaking and understanding Cantonese. No excuses. It will be done and you can’t tell them otherwise.

Premium Tools are frequently updated and put you on the fast track to fluency. Get Tools like…

Once again, thank you for helping us reach 200 Million downloads and learning with CantoneseClass101.com!

Hello Listener,

Get ready! We’re getting some new additions to the family!

No, you’re not getting a brother or a sister.

Come July 2nd, 2012, 6 new languages will join the Innovative Language family. That’s a total of 27 languages that you can be fluent in. And knowing how insanely passionate about language our listeners are, 27 will not be a problem.

Want to know what the new languages are? Here are the first three!

Bulgarian, Finnish, and Vietnamese.

And the others? Find out in an upcoming blog post, but in the meantime, tell us which languages you’d like to see next!

Why learn with Innovative Language?

It’s the tried and tested Pod101 method we’ve been doing since 2005! And it’s the lessons that our listeners love most! Almost 200 million lessons have been downloaded to date.

Here’s why the lessons are effective!

Ready to speak like a native?

With a Free Lifetime Account, you’ll get the first 3 lessons of every series AND access to every new lesson that’s published weekly. Basic and Premium users enjoy access to all lessons we’ve ever made and will make as well as Lesson Notes for each lesson. Premium members can speed up their learning with premium learning tools such as online flashcards, line-by-line audio, video lessons, and mobile apps.

Why Bulgarian, Finnish, and Vietnamese?

Sure, Bulgarian, Finnish and Vietnamese may not be the most popular language choices out there, but it doesn’t mean they should be neglected. To us, all languages are important and should be celebrated! There aren’t a lot of online resources devoted to Bulgarian, Finnish or Vietnamese (trust us, we looked.) So it was only natural that InnovativeLanguage.com jump in and welcome these rich and beautiful langauges to our family.

Learn Bulgarian with BulgarianPod101.com!

Get Started with Finnish at FinnishPod101.com!

Discover Vietnam at VietnamesePod101.com!

Sign up today and get pre-launch offers! Browse around the new sites but remember, they’re still under construction!

Want to learn at 50% OFF for life? The first 101 listeners to sign up for the Founding Fathers Club will get a lifetime 50% off discount. That’s lifetime access to language learning for close to nothing while future members will pay full price!

Save the date! July 2nd, 2012 is when the 6 new language sites go live and when you can start learning Bulgarian, Finnish, Vietnamese and more the fast, fun and easy way!

Hey there Listener!

Here’s a thought:

The world around you needs to have little Cantonese labels.
Anything you see, you’d know its Cantonese meaning immediately.

Office building? Check.
Train station and everything inside? Check.
The items in your kitchen? Check.

Learning Cantonese would take half the time!

With InnovativeLanguage.com’s Visual Dictionary Cantonese iBook, you can do just that. This Visual Dictionary is the first of its kind. Even iTunes has noticed!

Learn by Exploring the World in Cantonese!

Just tap and zoom through 26 different everyday scenarios. You see the word in its real-world context, read it and hear its pronunciation. From the city streets, to train stations, and right down to your own kitchen, you learn 550+ Cantonese vocabulary words for anything and everything you’d encounter along the way.

Each scenario comes with:

With Visual Dictionary Cantonese (Enhanced Version), you can:

Speaking Cantonese without stopping to think…
Understanding Cantonese as soon as you hear it…
And reading Cantonese with one glance?

If you can do that, that’s a Pretty Big Deal.

Learning Cantonese with CantoneseClass101.com? No big deal.

Why? You jump right into native Cantonese conversation with native Cantonese hosts. They break down Cantonese grammar and phrases so you can speed up your learning and speak like a native. Master real-life Cantonese conversation, learn the words and grammar behind it and you’re ready to speak ASAP.

Cantonese gets even easier with this Pretty Big Deal!

Start speaking from the first lesson and save 27% on Basic and Premium Subscriptions until May 25th at CantoneseClass101.com

It’s a Pretty Big Deal – Click Here To Save 27% Before May 25th!

You Get All The Lessons! They’re what our users love best. From Beginner to Advanced, gain access to every single Audio and Video Lesson we’ve ever created with Basic and Premium. Not only will you be speaking and listening to Cantonese, but you’ll improve your comprehension when you follow along with the PDF Lesson Notes that come with every lesson.

27% OFF is a Pretty Big Deal and if you want more Cantonese, you got it.

Unlimited site access is yours with Premium! Master Cantonese faster with vocabulary-intensive Premium Tools! If you want to speak more Cantonese, you need more words and that’s where our Premium Tools come in. In more detail, you get…

Knowing Cantonese? That’s a pretty big deal.
Learning Cantonese? No big deal with CantoneseClass101.com

Click Here To Claim Your 27% Discount And Start Speaking Cantonese!

You’ve downloaded. You’ve tuned in. You’ve learned.

And iTunes has noticed!

Today, InnovativeLanguage.com is featured on the front page of the US iTunes Podcast section. The InnovativeLanguage.com iTunes page brings together 21 language 101.com sites, 19 Survival Phrases series, over 300 mobile apps, and more.

But it’s not only a collection of language lessons, it’s a community of passionate language learners like you that download, tune in, and learn regularly. And we wouldn’t be on the front page without you.

Whether you tune in on iTunes or with a Free Lifetime Account on one of our websites, thank you for learning with us!

JapanesePod101.com, our Japanese language learning site is also featured in the New and Noteworthy Section! Check it out!

Your first Cantonese word.

Remember when you knew no Cantonese. At all. Then one day, somewhere, somehow, you learned how to say hello. Suddenly, you could express yourself in another language. And it didn’t stop there.

You learned a few more and picked up some grammar. Word by word, your ability to express yourself in Cantonese became greater and greater.

You went from “hello” and “My name is…” to expressing opinions, starting up conversations with native Cantonese speakers.

Because of more words.

All the best Cantonese speakers understand this one rule: Want to speak advanced Cantonese? You need more words.

April is Vocabulary Month, so start speaking more Cantonese and get even better! Get 30% OFF all Premium accounts until April 30th!

You’re already getting all of our best lessons and lesson notes.

Click Here To Get 25% OFF Premium Until April 30th

Hello Listener,

Just one of many redesigns coming your way!

Recently became a Premium member? Don’t know your way around?
Premium tools can really speed up your Cantonese progress. If you know how to use them, that is.

When you visit My Tools you’ll notice a cleaner layout, descriptions, quick links, and video tutorials perfect for new members who have just started exploring the fast track to Cantonese fluency!

Ready to start?

Check out Word Bank and Flashcards! Since you’ll come across a lot of words and phrases in our lessons that you’ll want to remember, save them in Word Bank and drill them with spaced repetition Flashcards. More words means having more to say in Cantonese, after all!

Want to review your lessons later? You should – the more you review, the more the Cantonese language will get stuck in your head. Take notes with Notes as you listen, bookmark lessons in Favorite lessons, or download them with My Feed!

(Sample Screenshot from FrenchPod101.com)

Hello Listener,

Winter blues getting you down? Feeling a little drowsy and lazy?
Neglecting those Cantonese studies ‘til tomorrow?

Aw.

Looks like you’ve caught the Cantonese Winter blues.
There’s only one way to bounce back! You’ve got to Spring Forward!

…Meaning – Right here, right now, you’re forgetting a whole bunch of Cantonese vocabulary by doing nothing! They’re gone! Poof! And all that great Cantonese progress? It slammed on the gas pedal in reverse while you’re feeling blue.

Stop feeling blue, start feeling awesome. You’ve got to Spring Forward with Cantonese!

And luckily… Spring’s only a few days away. That means more sunshine, warmer days, and even more fun, fast, and easy CantoneseClass101 lessons that get you mastering Cantonese ASAP! Here’s how you come roaring back with more lessons!

Spring Forward with Cantonese and get 23% OFF all Basic and Premium Subscriptions!

Basic is the most affordable plan and Premium is the fast track to fluency. But both get you access to all of our effective Cantonese lessons and lesson notes!

Or if you’re the kind of person that wants more, Premium tools such as the 2000 Core Word List, Spaced Repetition Flashcards, Line by Line Audio, My WordBank, etc. speed up your Cantonese! The words and grammar you learn with the lessons, you master with the Premium tools until it’s all natural!

Hurry! Deal ends March 23rd!