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Best language learning smartphone apps for Android and iOS

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Shadab RabbaniJan 3, 2022, 15:01 IST

Best language learning smartphone apps for Android and iOS — There are many people in the world who wish to learn a new language.
However, learning a new language is never easy.
And that’s where these apps come to the rescue by providing fun, engaging and easy-to-learn lessons to their users.
There are innumerable benefits of learning multiple languages, and doing so has become much more convenient compared to five years ago. There are plenty of applications available on your Android and iOS smartphones that can make learning a new language much more convenient. These apps offer courses, exercises and interactive tests to ensure you’re at least good at basics to kick start.

These apps can help you pick up vocabulary, pronunciation and even grammar with constant practice of the languages you wish to learn. They provide learning at a much cheaper cost than any formal language learning course with a tutor, and some of them are even free. Another advantage these apps offer is learning at your own pace.

Let’s take a look at the top pick of apps that will help you learn a new language.

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Memrise

Memrise — Memrise
This paid application is a good place to practice the vocabulary of a new language and learn how to pronounce it. It uses fun learning techniques like memes and games to help users learn a new language. It also uses short videos to help users pronounce the phrases, the way native speakers do it. While a few lessons are available for free, users can upgrade and choose for paid plans for complete access to the app.

Babbel

Babbel — Babbel
This is considered to be one of the most comprehensive language learning applications that provide a step-by-step guide to learning a new language. However, it has a limited language and it only provides up to 40 classes for free and then you have to pay to learn more. With its My Activity tab, you can keep a track of your learning progress.

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Duolingo

Duolingo — Duolingo
It is one of the most popular language-learning apps across the mobile platform. It offers free courses, however, users can upgrade their plans for unlimited learning. It allows users to pick up more than one language to learn at a time and its gaming-like leaderboard and colourful user-friendly layout make it fun to use and learn. It can help a Hindi-speaking user (or any other language-speaker) to learn various languages with courses designed for their understanding.

Mondly

Mondly — Mondly
It focuses on learning phrases rather than individual words. It uses images, translations and AI-based auditory aids to make learning easier. You can hear native speakers pronounce phrases as well as practice having a conversation. It is also suitable for those who do not speak English as it allows you to learn a language using any of the 33 languages that it supports. It only offers a few lessons for free and you will have to get a paid subscription for complete learning.

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Busuu

Busuu — Busuu
It offers goal-oriented learning study plans when you sign-up for it. Initially, it will test your knowledge of a language and then you can set a daily study goal. It helps you learn and pronounce words, dialogues and phrases with its audio support. For getting a goal-oriented lesson and timeline, you will have to subscribe to the premium plans. With its regular reminders, you are unlikely to miss out on your language learning goals.

Drops

Drops — Drops
It helps visual learners with its colourful-layout and images. It is made for building your vocabulary in a new language and is specially designed for English speakers. The app limits its courses to minutes per day so that users are not overwhelmed with learning a new language. It is expanding the number of languages you can learn. It is free to use, however, one can learn another lesson only after 10 hours.

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Speakly

Speakly — Speakly
This paid app is designed to help you learn a language for conversation. It focuses on 4,000 most relevant words that can help its users converse in a new language. When the users have learnt enough, it throws a challenge of having a conversation with a pre-recorded native speaker. One drawback of the app is that English speakers can only learn eight languages.

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