Knowing languages is increasingly necessary in the global economy in which we operate, especially if we take into account how long some applications take and to be available in Spanish. Of course, they also have some advantage when looking for a job or education. Mobile can help you learn languages, with the appropriate applications.
Learning and mastering a language is a process that takes time, good material and a lot of practice. Luckily, on your mobile you have a great ally to accompany you in your learning, expand your vocabulary, improve your pronunciation or practice grammar not only in English but in many other languages. These are the best applications for you to learn languages with Android.
Google translate
We start our list with an application that is not technically for learning languages but is undeniably an essential aid for any student: the Google translator. It has support for more than a hundred languages, so it’s a real pocket dictionary.
Google Translate has some cool features that are very useful for language learners, such as conversation mode, which automatically listens and translates between two languages, real-time text translation with the camera or handwriting.
Google translator
Duolingo
Duolingo has earned a reputation as an app for learning and perfecting languages on mobile, in part by making the lessons simple, accessible, and somewhat entertaining, with surveys and minigames to keep you motivated.
With Duolingo you can learn countless languages, including French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Esperanto, Polish, Greek, Norwegian, Hebrew, Welsh, English, Swahili, Romanian and Japanese. The exercises combine vocabulary with grammar, reading and listening.
Duolingo – free languages
TinyCards
Also from Duolingo, don’t miss the new flashcard-based TinyCards app. This time the application is not limited to languages, but you can really learn -or memorize– anything from vocabulary to chemical elements to parts of the human eye.
With more than 200,000 cards in the system, the strange thing will be that you do not find lessons in the language of your interest. Otherwise, the operation is as if they were real cards: You can see both sides, and then you have to remember by heart what you just learned.
Tinycards by Duolingo: Fun & Free Flashcards
Busuu
Another old acquaintance of Android language learning is Busuu. Language offering includes English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, and Arabic. As in Duolingo, you will find exercises on vocabulary, conversation, pronunciation and grammar.
Starting to study is free, although to get the most out of it and unlock all the possibilities you must pay a monthly fee of 9.99 euros to 2.71 euros, if you prepay for a year. The user community stands out to practice with native speakers and the possibility of obtaining official certificates.
busuu – Learn English, French and other languages
Elsa
If you already have more or less controlled English but you suffer from pronunciation, Elsa could be the coach you’ve been waiting for. With a database of more than 2,000 words and expressions in English, you can repeat them out loud without stopping until you pronounce them correctly.
Unlike other applications that limit themselves to evaluating whether you have pronounced right or wrong, Elsa gives you hints and tips to improve your pronunciation, comparing the sound you should have said and the one you said. You can try Elsa for free for 7 days, then 4.29 euros per month, which is reduced if you prepay for a quarter or a year.
ELSA Speak – Improve your accent
Babbel
With Babbel you can learn and improve your level of Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish and Turkish. Similar to Busuu or Duolingo, the lessons last a few 10-15 minutes so you can practice in any free time.
Babbel’s methodology places particular emphasis on retention of what you’ve learned, and it is useless to learn a thousand new words if you forget them the second. It has lessons for both beginners and advanced students and if you want to unlock all the content you need to pay a fee of about 9.95 euros per month.
Babbel – Learn Languages
Memrise
Are you not too passionate about learning languages? What if we camouflage it as if it were a game? You will still need to have to memorize words and their meaning, but the high gamification component makes it a lot more bearable.
The Available languages to learn and perfect are French, Korean, Chinese, Italian, German, Portuguese, Russian, Danish, Swedish, Polish, Norwegian, Turkish and Arabic. Adventures and minigames are completed with chatbots with which you can practice what you have learned. You can try it for free, although the full content is unlocked for 7.11 euros per month.