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Apps and Websites for Language Learning
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items As a polyglot (someone who speaks multiple languages) I feel like I can share some apps and websites I've used and enjoyed for language learning!
I used to use Duolingo in high school. It's decent for giving you a starting place, but the sentences you learn don't really make any sense when you think about it. Like, why would you say "I am an apple"
Duolingo
I love using Drops!! With the free version, you get one 5-minute session per day. I have the lifetime subscription, so I can do as many sessions as I'd like to everyday. I like how the languages are broken up into different categories. Everything you...
Drops - a Kahoot! Company
Slowly is great! You get to send virtual letters to pen pals all over the world, and it actually takes time to get delivered - not as long as real mail, but at least a few hours. You can learn languages from native speakers, which is super helpful be...
Slowly - Penpal Reimagined
Tandem is another app that's great for learning languages - that's literally it's whole purpose! With tandem, you get to text people from different countries and learn from native speakers. There's also the ability to send voice messages, pictures, a...
Tandem Language Exchange App | Find Conversation Exchange ...
Like Tandem, the purpose of HelloTalk is to allow you to learn a language from native speakers. The free version only allows you to learn one language at a time, but you can update it every two days. You also have a limited amount of translations you...
HelloTalk - Language Exchange - Learn Languages for Free
This is a great Spanish-English/English-Spanish dictionary available online and in an app! It also shows how to conjugate the verb in every tense, which is helpful as Spanish has so many different tenses.
SpanishDict
I briefly used this in high school, it was fun, but I don't think Asian languages are my cup of tea per se. The app itself is great, though!
LingoDeer: Learn Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and more!
Quizlet isn't specific for just learning languages, but it's really helpful because you can make flashcards and review them and test yourself in different ways. You can also look for others' published language learning flashcards if you don't want to...
Quizlet
Okay, not specific for learning languages, but you can listen to audiobooks, music, and podcasts. I personally listen to music in other languages, I may not fully understand, but I can appreciate the music anyway. I haven't listened to any podcasts i...
Spotify
YouTube has everything, okay. There are plenty of language lessons you can find, and I know there are teachers and professors who post videos to teach people different languages. You can also find fun songs that help you learn vocabulary or grammar. ...
YouTube
When I took Spanish in middle school, my teacher would play Sr Wooly videos for us. His songs are often goofy, but they're catchy and they make learning Spanish easier and more fun. I still remember and think about some of the songs that we watched.
Señor Wooly
While I haven't used this specific resource, I do trust it. I used BBC Mundo (BBC World in Spanish) when I was in high school to help learn vocabulary and current events. We often had assignments to do research using BBC Mundo.
BBC Languages – Free online lessons to learn and study with
I started using this in I think 2019, when I was in college. I was taking Russian courses, and we had a Fulbright Scholar from Russia on campus for the academic year. She introduced some of the students, myself included, to VK. It's a Russian social ...
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This is an awesome dictionary resource for multiple languages (I don't know how many exactly, but I'm not going to count them all). I used this in high school for French class, and I'd also cross-reference SpanishDict and Dictionary Linguee for my Sp...
Linguee | Dictionary for German, French, Spanish, and more
Stay with me on this one. I watch pretty much everything with subtitles as is. If I'm rewatching something for the millionth time, I might change the language for the audio to one I'm learning while keeping the subtitles in English. If I know enough ...
Netflix
This Chinese social media is great for learning the language and culture in China! As long as you're respectful and genuine, they seem to be pretty cool and willing to teach us Chinese. Some ask for help with English, too, so it's mutually beneficial...
Xiaohongshu