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Avocci Avocci will find you local native speakers to meet in-person and practice the language of your interest with the push of a button.

Avocci is a modern language marketplace and collaborative economy for those interested in learning or earning money by simply speaking the language. Through real-time and location-based app, Avocci will help you find nearby native or fluent speakers with the push of a button. Once you find the native speaker for the language of your interest, you can schedule in-person meetings for the same day/hour or some other time.

More Celebs Who Are Bilingual
04/12/2015

More Celebs Who Are Bilingual

Some may surprise you. Spoiler: A few are even polyglots.

50 Facts about Language around the world
04/11/2015

50 Facts about Language around the world

Yes, we all know there are languages aplenty across the globe, but did you know that roughly 1/4 of the world's population knows a bit of English... and that 12.44% of the world's population speaks Mandarin as a first language? Before you head out...

Second Language Acquisition By The Numbers in US
04/10/2015

Second Language Acquisition By The Numbers in US

Mounting evidence suggests that learning a second language can be the key to a student's success, supporting everything form increased cognitive function to higher rates of success in school and in the careers that come afterward. It's no wonder that...

How Would You Redefine Study Abroad?
04/09/2015

How Would You Redefine Study Abroad?

A new initiative at the International Institute of Education is sparking conversation, asking us how we can increase the cultural awareness in our students and encourage them to learn in environments outside of their comfort zone....

Anybody have experience teaching English in China? What about teaching abroad? Avocci is looking for English speakers in...
04/08/2015

Anybody have experience teaching English in China? What about teaching abroad? Avocci is looking for English speakers in the DC/Baltimore area for foreign students. Sign up at www.avocci.com or message me if your interested in teaching and making some money!

Avocci is the language marketplace which connects learners and speakers through the app with push of a button to buy and sell in-person language sessions.

The foreign languages spoken in American cities other than English and Spanish
04/07/2015

The foreign languages spoken in American cities other than English and Spanish

The map above shows which languages other than English or Spanish are spoken in major U.S. cities. The data are for counties, but displayed to show the locations of urban populations. The white area outside Washington, D.C. indicates the predominance of African languages, taken as a group. Thanks to…

How to say “It’s all Greek to me” *(when you find it hard to understand) in 30 other languages
04/06/2015

How to say “It’s all Greek to me” *(when you find it hard to understand) in 30 other languages

English speakers say, “It’s all Greek to me,” when they find something hard to understand. Shakespeare used the phrase in “Julius Caesar” (“Those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was Greek to me”). It’s also common in Spanish, where some peop…

Quiz: Which foreign language should you learn?
04/06/2015

Quiz: Which foreign language should you learn?

Speaking a foreign language can boost your salary by up to &u0024;128,000.

The Origins Of 10 Everyday Expressions From World Languages
03/21/2015

The Origins Of 10 Everyday Expressions From World Languages

Different cultures have different ways of saying things.

Learning A Second Language Restructures The Brain
03/20/2015

Learning A Second Language Restructures The Brain

More evidence of bilingualism's brain-boosting power.

Speaking a second language may change how you see the world
03/19/2015

Speaking a second language may change how you see the world

Research suggests speaking English nudges Germans to focus on process over goals

Children should start learning languages at age three!
03/13/2015

Children should start learning languages at age three!

Our European neighbours shame us by their ability to converse in English. The Government would like that to be a thing of the past. So would Catherine Ford

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