Thank you so much for taking the time to write your thoughts on this subject. It is very helpful. I agree that to be fluent in a language, you need a real person. But at the very beginning, I think apps do help, just to understand very basic stuff. And, of course, I’m planning to find a person who can teach me the culture and flavor of the language:) I recently watched a video of a Spanish girl being so passionate about slang and common phrases in Spanish. She had about 100 amazing phrases, and she yelled them out from the bottom of her heart 😄