I like Language Transfer. It’s free and you can download the episodes for offline listening.
Check with your local public library. A lot of libraries offer online language learning programs.
The best app is whatever you use to consume media in the target language.
The only way to acquire a language is to expose yourself to it in a natural context. You can’t acquire a language just by studying with flashcards or grammar exercises or whatever – any app that offers enhanced versions of those will at best be a minor supplement to actually using the language.
And if you’re not to the level of interpretting natural contexts, and just need to expand your vocabulary I made a very imperfect browser extension to try to help with that
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Go to your library! They likely have Mango or other app-based programs for free with your card.
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Go to your library! They likely have access to Paul Noble’s audiobooks. I’d consider those to be the best ice-breaker for languages available.
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Seriously, even if you have to buy them, Paul Noble.
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I got a lifetime purchase of Lingodeer a while back, for super cheap during a back to school type sale I want to say in the $70 range. I’m trying to learn German but it has a good number of available languages. I’m not sure how it compares to other apps but I find it works well enough for me
Have you tried Seedlang? That’s been my favorite so far.
I have not, no. Are you using it for German?
Yep. Not as much as I should.
If you use it for sçhool, or a private course I can recomend QUIZLET. You can connect units from other users, or create your own. It’s a bit like a free Version of PHASE 6 (I only know the free Version of QUIZLET…)
But it’s totaly not like DUOLINGO.
- DUOLINGO is stand alone.
- QUIZLET is a helping tool for an existing course.
Your answer is probably going to depend on the language and your learning style and preferences.
Personally I’ve found Duolingo to work pretty well as an English speaker learning esperanto, I can also recommend Lernu if you happen to be interested in esperanto. I’ve personally never had much luck learning other languages no matter how I try so I can’t really offer any recommendations for other languages, but it’s probably worth to keep in mind that what does or doesn’t work for others may be different for you, so don’t be afraid to try out some different programs to see what works best for you
No such thing as a fish promotes Babbel, they have a code thingee too to get some percent off the first year.
