TOP 4 apps and websites for learning foreign languages

More than 1.2 billion people in the world study foreign languages. Whether it is English, Chinese, Spanish or Russian, knowledge of a new language opens up additional opportunities for a person. The ability to communicate with foreigners, translate business information, or work in multilingual teams provides a significant competitive edge in the era of remote employment.

Most offline schools and courses are expensive and require time for attending classes. This is why language apps for smartphones and online learning resources are gaining more and more popularity!

The most difficult thing is to take the plunge and start, but with these programs it won't be difficult for you to achieve results:

1. Duolinguo - https://www.duolingo.com/ - a game application for learning languages. Its developers believe that learning is easier when you have fun. The app website provides 23 most popular user languages. This means that you are very likely to find your language, so that you won't have to overcome two language barriers at once. According to the publisher's statistics, 5.87 million students learn English, 890,000 - learn German, 618,000 - learn French, and 547,000 - learn Spanish with Duolinguo. The program was awarded the "App of the year" for Apple's iPhone and "Best of the best" by Google Play.

2. BBC Languages – bbc.co.uk - a great tool for those who want to achieve excellence in English starting from the pre-intermediate level. The quality of the content on the website meets the high requirements of BBC: videos and radio broadcasts discuss various news and new English words taking into account the smallest intricacies of English pronunciation. In addition to learning English, the website offers basic vocabulary for travelers in 40 languages.

3. Memrise – memrise.com - another popular app where you can learn English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, Korean or Arabic. The special feature of the program is educational videos with real native speakers from different countries of the world. According to the publisher, you need only 5 minutes a day to start being proud of yourself: the game format and state-of-the-art learning technologies will make the learning process fast and efficient.

4. FluentU – https://www.fluentu.com/ - learn English by watching real-life videos! Choosing a video on an interesting topic from a hundred of those available on the website, you can bring your listening skills to the "God" level. FluentU proves that only those who listen to real English speech can easily develop perfect pronunciation!

Every day more and more special programs and language learning courses are appearing on the Internet. Download the selected app, set an alarm on your smartphone and start practicing every day at the same time.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, let today be the day of your start!