Duolingo

Want to learn a new language for travel, school, career, friends or your brain health? Duolingo must be your first choice! Duolingo is a language learning app that uses game-like methods to encourage users to keep coming back to learn every day. The app makes learning new languages fun with quick and bite-sized lessons. It offers over 100 total courses across 40 distinct languages, from Spanish, French, Italian to Navajo and Yiddish. With this app, you can build your vocabulary and grammar skills by practicing speaking, reading, listening and writing. Latest Update: Duolingo’s Courses Are Effective Peer-reviewed journal “Foreign Language Annals” published a Duolingo study, showing that completing five units in Duolingo’s Spanish and French courses is comparable to four university semesters for reading and listening skills. What’s more, Duolingo learners achieved four semesters of proficiency in reading and listening in less than half the time as their college counterparts. Pros:Visual revision remindersBeautiful interfaceFree and fun coursesVisual learning with images and visual promptsGame-like lessons keeps users motivated and on trackScience-based teaching methodologyBe a part of language communityCons:No control over the vocabulary topics, the order they come in, and the ability to skip themPronunciation practice but no human interactionA lot of ads on the free version of the appHow to earn gems in Duolingo?Double or Nothing WagerWatch an ad to open a free chest of gemsComment in the Duolingo ForumFinish a skillAchieving your daily goalFinish a league in the top 3 placesMaintain a streakEarn an achievement