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Busuu has two paid subscription options at $9.99 and $12.99 per month. There are considerably fewer languages than Duolingo. → Busuu has comprehensive language courses and interaction with native speakers for feedback. Memrise offers some free content and a premium subscription for $8.99 per month. → Memrise uses a flashcard-style approach with native speaker videos and casual, native phrases. Babbel offers free trials of the first lesson for each course, but to use it fully costs $12.95 per month. → Babbel offers 10 to 15-minute lessons with interactive dialogue. Here’s a quick comparison of some other options with Duolingo.

On Apple iPhone and Android phones, there are many free language learning apps (and some “ free” apps). It’s not just Rosetta Stone anymore! There are many different apps than Duolingo for language learning. So, Duolingo helps introduce a new habit (which is incredibly hard to do), but for success in the wild, you’ll likely need to augment with other learning too. That’s why we spend a lot of our energy just trying to keep people hooked,” he said as quoted by Freeman. “The biggest problem that people trying to learn a language by themselves face is the motivation to stay with it. However, when our learning experience is often cut short when motivation fizzles out, Duolingo’s CEO thinks their approach is best. The consensus is clear: Duolingo is a master of motivation, but not the best for speaking your second language in the real world. The vocabulary for Duolingo helped, but without some self-study, David wouldn’t have been speaking Italian on his trip. In the end, a phrasebook and pocket dictionary made speaking possible. “The app had made me a master of multiple-choice Italian.” When it came time to use it though, he faltered. That addicting quality is thanks to the gamified style of lessons: “Gamification works: the learner feels a sense of achievement when getting the points and challenged when not.” Unlike a school course, Duolingo feels fun and (comparably) easier.ĭavid Freedman for The Atlantic shared the same sentiment. Personal interest pails in comparison to an upcoming trip at keeping people going. The results are greatly affected by the source of your motivation.

Other research shows Duolingo supports conscious learning, but not true competence.

In the end, they concluded that Duolingo is comparable to four or five semesters of university language instruction. It’s not surprising that Duolingo would respond as such when asked, so that begs the next question. In two studies funded by the app, they tracked multiple language skills: Listening and Reading. Of course, Duolingo has conducted its own research on this.