In our blog, we presented the advantages and disadvantages of learning a new language via Mobile Apps. If you are thinking about starting a course with an app but you don’t know which app to choose you are in the right place.
One of the leading Mobile Apps for language learning is Babbel. They deliver language courses completely online, both on their website and as an app. According to “Fast Company Magazine” Babbel is the most innovative education company worldwide, the 48th most innovative company overall and in February 2016 Babbel reached one million active paying customers.
Babbel works with a lot of appealing pictures which help you to remember vocabulary and sentences.
Good overview of your progress, different tasks and other options.
The layout and the design is very pleasant and appealing.
All the things you learn are spoken out loud.
Beginners, middle school courses, grammar, business English, speak and listening, read and writing, country and people, extras, words and phrases.
Downloading the app is for free.
At the beginning there is no information about how the course is structured (e.g. How many questions? different tasks?).
You only have access to one section to begin with. If you want to have access to further tasks you need to subscribe – you can choose between 1,3,6 or 12 months. 10 – 5£ per month.
Some apps are set up like a game, while Babbel is set up more like traditional instruction and can become a little repetitive after a while.
I think if you’re a serious language learner, Babbel is great. What convinced me the most was the wide range of topics as well as the great visualisation – the use of photos really helps you to remember what you have learned. However, Babbel can’t replace a “real” language school and especially for beginners I would recommend to using Babbel in combination with a teacher-led language course. Babbel works best for beginner to elementary level learners. If you are an advanced learner, you will not find much to stimulate you as the course is based mainly on vocabulary building in simple scenarios.
Jule Kirchner is a 19 year-old German high school graduate. She is currently working as an intern at SLC for three months. Jule loves learning languages and likes to test the various ways how to do so.
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