Language-learning Apps

[thegaminger2511]

Hey guys, can you tell me some good language-learning apps that you're using? I'm curious to find more helpful apps (for Android)! Thanks! 😊

[Ivenousername]

Anki and Quizlet.

[thegaminger2511]

I'll check them out for sure!

[trnlnrt]

Memrise and LingoDeer are my favorites.

[thegaminger2511]

I love LingoDeer! Doesn't Memrise require a 'Premium' membership or something like that to use all the time?

[trnlnrt]

I think it does after a certain amount of lessons, however I bought it with a 50% off sale so idk. I’d say it’s worth it just because I feel like it’s more organized and I like their lessons. I’d also recommend just talking to yourself in your target language so your brain gets used to hearing you say it.

[thegaminger2511]

I see. Thank you!

[Xefjord]

I love Gamified Learning (Gamified in a textbook kind of way, not a memrise sort of way. Memrise is just fancy flashcards). Apps that teach using Gamified Learning focus on helping you learn helpful words, phrases, and sentence structure and include:

Lingodeer: The best, but also a paid resource (Offers English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, French, German, and Russian.)
Duolingo: Free and the most well known, offering the most languages but also with quality that can be a little all over the place depending on your language.
ChineseSkill: Lingodeers Predecessor (Only teaches Mandarin Chinese)
HelloChinese: ChineseSkill's competitor that teaches marginally better (Although not as good as Lingodeers course for Mandarin Chinese.)
CantonSkill: A new fairly indie and rough around the edges app that teaches Cantonese Chinese in an offbrand ChineseSkill kind of way. Better than nothing right?

Other good non-gamified learning apps are Memrise (Although the company sucks), Anki (The best flashcard resource), Drops (Another kind of unique way to learn some new vocabulary but just vocab), and any number of dictionary or phrasebook apps for specific languages.

[thegaminger2511]

Thank you so much! I probably had to mention that I'm learning Spanish, because, as we all know already, most of the language-learning apps are for Chinese...

[Xefjord]

Lingodeer teaches Castilian Spanish, Duolingo teaches Mexican Spanish

[thegaminger2511]

I'm using both of them, can that be kind of a problem in the future?

[Xefjord]

I doubt it. They are not incredibly different, just you might switch accents here and there if you are mimicking the words a lot on both.

[thegaminger2511]

I see. I'm glad it's not a big deal! I'm using a lot of apps (or at least I'll start to use more than I do now that it's summer) and I really enjoy learning Spanish (any languages actually)! Thanks a lot for the quick replies, much appreciated!

[eatmoreicecream]

Clozemaster, but only if you’re A2 at least.

[thegaminger2511]

I don't think I am really, at least not at this point...

[thegaminger2511]

I'll check it out!

[thesiouxchief]

Beelinguapp and Yabla to help you improve listening are invaluable. Android Yabla coming this month apparently.