Duolingo

Duolingo is a free language learning app for iOS, Windows and Android devices. The app makes learning a new language fun by breaking learning into small lessons where you can earn points and move up through the levels. Each lesson includes a variety of learning tasks, including listening, translating, speaking, and answering multiple choice questions. You get immediate feedback as you go through the lessons, and if you get a certain number of incorrect answers you have to go back and start the lesson over. By making language learning available through a mobile app, Duolingo enables you to study and learn your new language wherever you go. Review: Duolingo is one of the best free language learning programs that you can find for mobile platforms. While you may not be able to use Duolingo as the main avenue for learning a new language, it is a great tool to have in addition to using other materials for language learning. Unlike other online language learning tools, Duolingo is completely free, but this means that you often see ads at the end of lessons. The language learning app offers at least 20 different language courses, including French, Spanish, German, Russian, and Italian, with even more in development. You can choose to learn as many languages as you want. Once you start a language course, you begin short lessons that combine speaking, translating, listening, and reading exercises. The app keeps an account of your progress and shows you where to begin each time you open it. Duolingo motivates you to continue your language lessons by having you set a goal, such as completing 30 minutes of lessons a day. Once you complete you goal, you receive a reward, such as a positive message or in-app credits to purchase upgrades to the app. Each lesson builds on the previous lesson to minimize frustration and keep you practicing previously learned information. Using these strategies, Duolingo makes learning a new language fun and encourages you to continue practicing.