Critical thinking skills, the ability to work well on your own and with a team, and great time management aren’t the only things that can impress your employer. Knowing and being fluent in a foreign language can add value to your resume and give you a great advantage in your career.
In addition to that, having knowledge in a foreign language can also give you job flexibility, greater pay, and a better understanding of your patients.
Learning a new language like Spanish, however, can take time and a lot of effort. The good news is that there are apps you can use to make the process a lot faster and less stressful.
So, what’s the best free app to learn Spanish?
Here are our top 6 choices.
1Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is a particularly famous app for learning Spanish. It can teach you Spanish through Spanish. This means that you’ll learn the language without any translations. You can think of it as how children start learning the language at school.
There also the option to schedule live tutorial lessons. You can get to talk with native speakers which can make the experience more immersive and intensive.
2Memrise
Memrise is a free app that can help you learn the language through memorization. It creates and gives you different modules and lessons to better understand the language. Each lesson generally has 15 words for you to learn. It has the Spanish word, its translation in English as well as an audio recording of the word.
Now, unlike pure repetition, you’ll learn Spanish words in a more fun way. There are ridiculously funny sentences to make the experience a lot more entertaining for you.
3Duolingo
Duolingo is another free app. It has a really high rating which means it’s able to serve its purpose of helping you learn Spanish.
The app has units with different themes and each unit increases in difficulty. One unit is divided into 1 to 10 sub-units and each unit covers about 7 to 10 words.
The app has exercises that can make you learn those words easier. That can be through voice recordings, reading Spanish sentences after hearing a native recording, rearranging words to create a sentence or match a picture to a word.
4Cat Spanish
Cat Spanish is another unique free app for learning Spanish. Similar to Memrise, it takes on a humorous approach to learning a new language. It pictures and designs that involve cats.
The pictures and designs are linked to the Spanish phrases you are trying to learn. This can take out the boredom you can typically experience from other apps.
Now, if you are still feeling bored, you have the option to add your friends to the game and lessons. You’ll be able to see each other’s progress which can make things a lot more exciting.
5MosaLingua
MosaLingua is an application which relies on the method of memorization called Space Repetition System so you won’t easily forget the words you learned. It features 14 categories and around 100 subcategories. Each one is filled with audio files, dialogues, and audio vocabulary which store more than 3,000 phrases.
6Spanish with Nemo
Spanish with Nemo works on tablets and smartphones. It can teach you the most popular words, questions, and phrases travelers use.
There are cards that can help you learn the language, including the right pronunciation. You can record phrases to improve your pronunciation as well as listen to how native speakers pronounce them. You can store the words, cards, and recordings in the “Favorite
section so you can check them out anytime.
7FluentU
FluentU is a popular app for learning Spanish. Although it does come with a monthly or yearly fee, there’s the option to test it out for 15 days for free.
The app is unique in that it’s based on Spanish commercials, news, and music. This means you can immerse yourself deeper into the language.
The videos come with transcripts and if you get curious about any word, you can pause the video and tap the word. With that, you’ll be able to see its definition instantly.
Another great thing about the app is that it gives you the option to change the level of complexity of the videos. This makes it perfect for users with different levels of proficiency.
There’s also the option to enter a training mode or learning mode to enhance your knowledge of the language and to make learning a lot faster.
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