Los Angeles, California -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/11/2010 -- SUBLingual, a new, fun and simple language learning program, gives users a unique tool with which they can learn foreign languages by listening to chart-topping, Grammy-Award winning popular music. With names ranging from Ozomotli and Café Tacuba to Carla Bruni and Pink Martini, SUBLingual pairs music with traditional learning techniques to help users pick up key words and phrases through a casual immersion process. Hip hop, rap, electronica, folk, world music and contemporary chanteuse-style vocalists all come into play for music lovers in search of deeper meaning for their songs and their cultural exchanges.
Available nationally at retailers including Barnes & Noble, Borders and Amazon, SUBLingual is priced at $19.95 per package and is available in Spanish and French to date, with German, Japanese and Italian editions in production. Published by Sublingual Music Group and distributed by Greenleaf Book Group, Ingram and Baker & Taylor, SUBLingual was developed by Kyla Smith in conjunction with esteemed UCLA language professors Steve Stella and C. Brian Morris who ensured that students will not only improve their comprehension, speaking and listening skills but SUBLingual will help stimulate their enthusiasm to learn a new language.
“As an avid traveler I know the difference even a nominal grasp on a foreign language can make when you are traveling abroad,” said Smith. “It can literally open up a world for you. I realized that my appreciation of popular world music was helping me learn language in context. With the help of respected education professionals I turned it into an enjoyable way to start learning languages.”
Much like studying abroad in a language immersion program, SUBLingual is designed to help students pick up common words and phrases in conjunction with standard courses and
traditional learning methods. Accompanying the CD compilation, SUBLingual contains a learning booklet that incorporates information about different countries and cultures. In the French addition, readers learn about must-see places and must-do adventures in Quebec, Paris, Monaco, Switzerland and parts of Africa. In the Spanish booklet, students absorb information on the economy, government and fun facts of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Spain, Uruguay. In addition, the SUBLingual learning booklet provides band biographies, song lyrics, and language basics. Learn proper pronunciation, basic grammar, travel phrases, signs, directions, greetings, and words such as numbers, time, and days.
For students of life of all ages, SUBLingual can make an ideal affordable, entertaining and educational holiday gift – practically a vacation in a box. For those preparing for a specific trip – or just grooming for a cultured and well traveled life, SUBLingual will help motivate, inspire and encourage a life-long tendency toward language appreciation.
About SUBLingual Music
Based in Santa Monica, CA, SUBLingual Music is a passion project from avid world traveler Kyla Smith. On a mission to encourage language learning, travel and cultural education through music, SUBLingual introduces students of all ages to musical artists from around the world. To find out more about SUBLingual Music, learn about the featured artists or purchase SUBLingual editions, please visit www.sublingualmusic.com. Follow Sublingual Music on Facebook and Twitter.