Want to learn a foreign language? Download these apps

A different language is a different vision of life,” said Federico Fellini, one of the most influential filmmakers. You could be traveling abroad for vacation or work or shifting base to another country; knowledge of the native language can completely change your experience of a foreign land. With increasing globalization, knowing foreign languages increases a person’s employability. It also helps discover new cultures and enjoy music, art, and literature from across borders.

Learning material is now easily accessible in this tech-savvy world. Many apps are available to help one learn and enhance one’s world of languages. Different apps are designed for various purposes. While some of the apps might be good at helping you with grammar, others could help you with words, pronunciations, or sentence formation. Techcircle lists five apps that can help you learn a new language:

Spanish

Spanish Conversation Courses (Free): This app will help you learn Spanish with videos. It has videos for all levels of learning, which are very simple and easy to understand. Beginning from the very basic first-grade level, it can teach a high vocabulary level. Its subjects include basic Spanish, vocabulary, listening practices, and special videos meant for travel. It also has a series of videos to teach the language of manners and etiquette, doctor’s vocabulary, law enforcement vocabulary, etc.

French

Learn French Speak French (developed by Busuu Limited, free up to the basic level): This app will teach you the basics of French in an interactive and fun way. Tests after each exercise, games, and audio make this app easy to learn. When you tap to learn a new word, you know a “grammar tip” for the word and audio to help with the right pronunciation. The course is divided into many lessons. These lessons will teach you vocabulary based on the type of conversation you choose, such as culture, law, politics, extended family, job interview, parenting, holiday forecast, etc. Lessons can also be learned offline by paying and becoming a premium user of World Scoop.

German

Learn German with Babbel (free up to basic level): This app has two separate courses for Beginner and Advanced users. A straightforward and interactive interface with audio will keep you engaged in learning the language. The lessons are of small duration, so they fit into one’s busy schedule. Grammar exercises, speech recognition, and vocabulary for various topics will help you master the language.

Italian

Learn Italian (developed by MosaLingua Crea, free up to basic level): It’s an easy and fun app with many interactive exercises. One can learn through flashcards, listen to audio, and repeat them. The app uses a lot of pictures, which can help one memorize the words. One can explore vocabulary that caters to different topics and track progress. It also has exercises to help one learn how to write, self-evaluate, and memorize. The app’s easy-to-use format makes it stand out.

Japanese

Mirai Japanese (by Mirai LLP, free on iOS and paid on Android): The one-to-one lessons by this app are much like lessons from a personal tutor. The native Japanese-speaking guide will help users get the right pronunciations. It starts from the basics and can prepare a user to reach a normal conversational level. The course is divided into fifty lessons, and all have audio instructions by language professionals, one by a Japanese native and one by an English native. Dialogue-based learning makes it an interactive exercise.

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