Duolingo
Duolingo is a highly popular language learning app that offers an engaging and gamified approach to learning new languages. Duolingo provides interactive lessons that cover reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in over 30 languages. The lessons are divided into bite-sized modules, making it easy for learners to progress at their own pace. Duolingo uses an adaptive learning algorithm that adjusts the difficulty of lessons based on users' performance. It provides personalized feedback and suggestions to help learners improve their skills.
Available: iOS, Android
Tandem
Tandem is a language exchange app that connects language learners with native speakers around the world. Users can find language partners based on their interests, native languages, and target languages. Tandem offers various communication options, including text messaging, voice calls, and video calls, allowing users to practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in their target language. Users can correct each other's messages and provide feedback to help improve language skills. Tandem also offers built-in translation and dictionary tools to assist with understanding and learning new vocabulary.
Available: iOS, Android
Babbel
Babbel offers structured lessons that cover all aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and conversation. Lessons are divided into bite-sized modules, making it easy for users to progress at their own pace. Babbel focuses on teaching language skills that are relevant to real-life situations, such as greetings, ordering food, making travel arrangements, and conducting everyday conversations. The app provides a variety of interactive exercises, including listening comprehension, speaking practice, writing exercises, and vocabulary drills. These exercises help reinforce learning and improve retention.
Available: iOS, Android
LingoDeer
LingoDeer is a language learning app that offers interactive lessons and comprehensive courses for users to learn various languages. The app offers a variety of interactive exercises, including fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice quizzes, listening comprehension exercises, and speaking practice activities. LingoDeer offers clear and concise explanations of grammar rules and language concepts. The app provides audio recordings by native speakers to help users improve their pronunciation and listening comprehension skills. Users can listen to example sentences and practice speaking aloud to improve their accent and intonation.
Available: iOS, Android
Clozemaster
Clozemaster uses sentence completion exercises to teach vocabulary in context. Users are presented with sentences with a missing word, and they must fill in the blank with the correct word from multiple-choice options. This approach helps users learn vocabulary in the context of real sentences and understand how words are used in different contexts. Clozemaster offers courses in over 50 languages, including popular languages like Spanish, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian, as well as less commonly taught languages. Clozemaster offers customizable learning options, allowing users to adjust the difficulty level, choose specific language courses, and set goals for their learning.
Available: iOS, Android