Useful Website in Learning Languages: Lang-8

This is an useful website which is called Lang-8 in learning different languages. I use it to learn Japanese, but it is also for learning English and other languages.

This is the beginning scene of the website:

You can sign up with twitter, facebook, or create a new account.

And, in filling your own information, you have to offer your native language which can make others know which language you can help them. Otherwise, you also have to offer which language you want to learn. You can select two kinds or more at the same time.

Then, it will help you how to use the website. On Lang-8, you can make friends with foreigners, and also correct other people's diaries.

 Because I select Chinese as my native language, in the main page, it will show me the diaries which the writers want to learn Chinese. So, I can help them in correcting their Chinese.

Of course, I can write diaries on my own. Generally, because I select English as the language that I want to learn, the first blank which is "the language which you want to be corrected" will be selected as English automatically. And then, you can type whatever you want.

 After you post an article, someone, generally native speakers, will correct your article. They can press "修改(correction)" to correct your sentences. If your sentences don't have any problems, they can also press "perfect".

If you press "修改(correctiom)", it will show the tools you can use in correcting. Otherwise, you can also add extra things in "備註欄 (note)".

 This is the scene that I use the website to learn Japanese. This shows the scene that someone corrects my article. You can also chat with others.


Lang-8 is really useful in learning languages. It allows native speakers to correct your articles, so the correctness of your articles will be more reliable. If you want to learn foreign languages, I sincerely recommend you to use the website. In Lang-8, you can not only learn foreign languages but also make friends with foreigners.

This is the URL of Lang-8: http://lang-8.com/