The best sites to learn a foreign language

Last updated on 26 September 2015

The net is full of sites and services in the field of language learning. It is not surprising, moreover, that openness to the world has been written in the genes of the Internet since day one.

Learning a language or even several foreign languages while surfing the net has something to dream about. It is obviously not that simple. Web sites and services facilitate the practice or acquisition of vocabulary. Learning a language from scratch is perhaps less obvious. In the meantime here is a small selection of the best sites to learn a foreign language. Small bonuses most of them offer a mobile version to facilitate the practice in mobility.

Babbel

One of the giants of the sector. It offers a wide variety of languages from the essential English to Spanish, of course, but also Brazilian or Polish. The Babbel service offers many tools that can be customized to your profile and at your own pace. Babbel offers, among other things, a very effective voice recognition option. Also available mobile apps for tablets and smartphones without real flaw.
link: Babbel

Memrise

I love this online application. It has only one real flaw, it does not offer a French version. You can learn a lot of foreign languages including French but not from French. So it is convenient to work two foreign languages at once, less for a real beginner on one language. For the rest, Memrise is amazing. The idea is to involve the user community in the creation of ‘exercises and interactive quizzes’ to enrich vocabulary in particular. Mobile versions are also available in a playful and joyful graphical interface.
link: Memrise

Duolingo

Another must-have promised a great future. Duolingo has a great advantage: this service of practicing a particularly rich and comprehensive language on the net is completely free of charge. This has not prevented its creators from successfully raising tens of millions of dollars … In addition to being free, Duolingo’s success is also due to the fact that its creators have integrated a ‘gamification’ system to encourage users to come and return to the site. On the programme: reading, listening and pronunciation exercises. Duolingo is available on the web, but also on mobile and tablet.
link: Duolingo

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