Babbel - Language Learning 12+

I highly recommend Babbel for anyone who’s looking to learn a foreign language in a methodical, structured manner. I opted for a lifetime subscription, and I think that it’s totally worth the money. I started with Italian about nine months ago and I think that I’ve progressed pretty well and feel confident when I practice with native Italian speakers. Having already learned Japanese, Thai, and Spanish as foreign languages in a university classroom setting, I can say that Babbel’s lessons and content do an excellent job in providing language learners building block with which to build their language skills and synthesize new sentences independently. I’ll be honest — learning a foreign always requires dedication and consistent, daily practice. No app or teaching method out there will make a person fluent in a foreign language unless that individual practices and tries to use the language everyday. Babbel structures the courses and review sessions in a way that makes it relatively easy to learn new vocab and grammar points each day, while building on content from prior lessons. I also appreciate the supplementary materials that the Babbel team created, namely their language-immersion podcast “La Bottega di Babbel” and their numerous language and culture articles. I look forward to learning other languages on Babbel and highly encourage others to use this app!

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I love this app. I’ve tried others before and still have a few, but Babbel is by far my overall favorite. I also have appreciated the regular and effective updates. The reason for not having 5 stars is because due to my daily schedule, my free time is later in the evening. I’d much appreciate a dark mode. The white screen is difficult to look at even with brightness on the lowest setting. I searched the settings in hopes of finding that option but sadly, it’s not there. I’m sure others would appreciate a black screen to make it easier on the eyes for a last minute lesson before bed! My second suggestion would perhaps be some type of leaderboard? Maybe something to add a little friendly competition with each language community? One can only hope. Everything else I enjoy and look forward to the future of Babbel!
Update: Absolutely amazing app for vocabulary, listening, and some speaking. However, some lessons being fully dedicated to grammar, word order, etc.. with some reading material, exercises, quizzes would be nice. I am noticing that even with a decent vocabulary and decent pronunciation, the lack of grammar knowledge in my learning language makes it difficult to actually create my own phrases. Rather than just repeat phrases from the course, it’s nice to better understand how to structure and put things together on your own! I never remember the little grammar notes buried within the normal lessons.

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I’ve been using Babbel for about a year now, solely studying French, and I’ve been doing trés bien. The spacing of each review is effective, memorable, and helpful for communicating generally. I feel efficient speaking the language while also being able to confidently pronounce my words correctly. Many of the leçons are unique and I personally find them to be funny from time to time. Some few problems I have with the app include; being taught phrases that wouldn’t be used in the day to day conversation(even in depth)-the app having occasional listening problems despite my voice being clear(whether that might be my accent I don’t no)-finding myself doing the same set of words for a review back to back-& glitches that will cause me to close out the app and restart from the beginning of the lesson. It’s just a shame I wasn’t able to revisit France due to the World’s pandemic or I would’ve been able to really enjoy the experience. Besides, it’s a splendid effort👍🏾
(Ps. if you could, add Irish as a language as well along with some other one country based languages. Lived there for some years in my childhood so would like to learn some more besides the basics)

Hello, thanks for your great ⭐️⭐️️️️️️⭐️⭐️⭐️ feedback. We are really pleased that you are enjoying learning French with Babbel and we'd love to add Irish one day. Could you please send us a message to support@babbel.com with your email address linked to Babbel, so we can have more details about this? We'd love to help you with the voice recognition!