Cactus and The Independent celebrate Spanish podcast success
Tuesday, 12th January 2010
Over 300,000 downloads makes Spanish top choice for Independent readers
12 January 2010: Cactus, the world’s leading language training specialist, today announced that downloads of its new Spanish learning podcasts - ‘Language Minis’ – distributed through the Independent newspaper’s online presence at independent.co.uk have exceeded 300,000 copies. The specially designed language packages have proved so popular for Independent readers and iTunes users that Cactus is now looking at developing a follow-up series of French podcasts to be rolled-out later in the year.
Cactus’ team of language experts created the podcasts for Spanish learners of all abilities, from beginners through to advanced Spanish speakers. Each level contains 10 lessons with audio, dialogue and vocabulary tracks, as well as a PDF-format workbook with vocabulary lists, grammar points and quizzes.
The podcasts are designed to complement Cactus’ five and ten-week evening courses, available across the UK and in the US and Canada, as well as its international Spanish language holidays. They feature a mix of Spanish and South American Spanish, avoiding regional forms of speech, enabling users to apply what they learn anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world.
Jimmy Leach, editorial director for digital at The Independent said: “This is shaping up to be our most successful podcast series ever. Cactus’ approach to language learning is to equip people for independent travel, a notion which has been the hallmark of our own approach to travel writing for many years. We’re very pleased with the outstanding success of this project - the quality of the podcasts, the numbers of downloads and the way it complements our own editorial approach.”
“The phenomenal popularity of the podcasts confirms just how many people want to get to grips with another language”, comments Richard Bradford, managing director of Cactus in the UK. “At Cactus we believe that the best way to learn a language is through a blended approach, so we’re delighted to be adding podcasts to our extensive range of language learning options, offering language learners even more flexibility.”
Cactus teaches over 30 languages in 60 countries and at 500 locations around the world. For further information, please visit http://www.cactuslanguagetraining.com/en or call 0845 130 4775.
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