5 best apps to help you learn a new language
Learning a new language might be a difficult challenge, but it's also one of the most rewarding skills. Setting out to learn a new language gets your creative juices flowing, makes you smarter, and improves your learning capacity, among other things. Though it's not easy to start from scratch, here we've short-listed the top 5 mobile apps to help you out.
The most popular virtual language tutor on planet
With over 100 million downloads and a high PlayStore rating, it won't be wrong to term Duolingo as world's favorite language learning app. With a simple-yet-beautiful interface, it's easy to get addicted to Duolingo, even if you weren't serious, to begin with. There's a range of fun quizzes and activities in there, to help you learn any language you wish to.
Expand your linguistic versatility with Memrise
Another popular option for learning new languages, Memrise comes with a user-friendly, and attractive interface. There's a big kitty of languages from which you can choose the one you want to learn, including the likes of French, Japanese, Italian, German, Swedish, and so on. On Google PlayStore, the app boasts of as many as 10 million downloads.
Get accent training, native users' reviews with Busuu
Bussu offers its users an all-encompassing experience with its interactive language learning activities. What sets it apart from its rivals is the fact that it offers its users accent training and exercise reviews from the native speakers of the language they're learning. If you upgrade to premium, you get offline access, grammar tips, and official certificates. Its PlayStore download count stands at 10 million.
Become a teacher-cum-student on HelloTalk
HelloTalk is a platform that connects people from different linguistic backgrounds who are looking to experiment with new languages. On HelloTalk, you can be a teacher-cum-student, as it lets you learn languages from native speakers, and at the same time, you can teach languages you know to others. On PlayStore alone, HelloTalk has 5 million+ downloads, and a rating of 4.4/5.
The mobile app from a leading online language learning platform
Rosetta Stone is an app from one of the leading online language learning platforms. It offers 25 learnable languages, and users can review their progress with the given correct answers in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. It's a subscription-based tool, but the first lesson can be tried out for free. On the PlayStore, Rosetta Stone stands firm at 5 million+ downloads.
