2008-04-08 23:38:21 - Instructional Language Videos Now Available for Download on Zipidee

Zipidee, an online digital marketplace, announced that instructional foreign language sessions designed to help students of all levels improve their pronunciation, vocabulary, and conversational communication skills are now available on-demand. The videos teach a variety of foreign languages, including Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Japanese, and American Sign Language. Zipidee shoppers can learn at their own speed and benefit from the

effectiveness of these engaging visual learning programs.

Several of the videos come from Standard Deviants, a division of Goldhil Entertainment that produces educational videos that teach concepts through humorous sketches.

An excellent introduction for beginners and tourists, the Standard Deviants' Spanish instructional video series lays out the basics, starting out with the A-B-C's in "Spanish 1: Alphabet / Pronunciation" and working up to everyday conversation in "Spanish 7: Weather." For more advanced students, the "Advanced Spanish" video series provides clear and easy to follow instruction that will take their Spanish to the next level, covering everything from verb tenses and prepositions to informal commands.

Customers can prepare for a trip to Paris with the Standard Deviants' French language instruction series. The video entitled "French 4: Survival French" teaches travelers everything they need to survive in France, covering the basics of ordering at a restaurant to conversing with locals. More advanced students can challenge their skills by taking a stab at complex verb tenses and pronouns in "French 6: Pronouns and Past Tense."

Also available on the site is an American Sign Language instructional video series, entitled "Easy Sign Language." Viewers can follow professional sign language interpreter Renee Moore through her simple and fun instructional program to learn communication skills such as the alphabet, greetings, and finger-spelling words.

Zipidee is the Internet's largest digital marketplace for PGC (prosumer generated content) educational, instructional, and special interest programming. The engaging language instruction videos strengthen Zipidee's selection of education content.

The foreign language instruction videos, including the Standard Deviants' series, are currently available at www.zipidee.com, in the Education / Language category.

###
About Zipidee
Zipidee is the Internet's largest digital Prosumer Generated Content (PGC) marketplace for instructional, educational, health and fitness, sports, and special interest content. Zipidee has a rapidly expanding seller network of more than 600 content producers and distributors and over 150,000 repeat customers. Our platform provides the tools for media owners, from aspiring media moguls to large media companies, to market and sell original digital goods, including video, audio (books and music), eBooks, mobile content, and more, to augment their existing sales channels. By giving sellers the freedom to choose how they distribute their digi-goods, from business model to price point, Zipidee allows buyers and sellers to rule and transact in an open marketplace. The Zipidee marketplace receives over 300,000 visitors per month, browsing through more than 1 million pages of digital goods for sale. Zipidee is a privately held San Francisco-based company and is venture-backed by leading investors. For additional information, please visit www.zipidee.com, www.totalvid.com, and www.videowaza.com.


Copyright © 2008 Zipidee, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 540 Howard St. Suite 203, San Francisco, CA 94105. All trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies.