The Polyglot 16 app offers a non-standard approach to learning foreign languages with the help of Dmitry Petrov's authoring methodology. This course is designed to give you the necessary communication skills and master the basic grammatical forms of different parts of speech in just 16 lessons.
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Learning a foreign language is not easy and simple for everyone, in addition, without practical application skills gradually fade in memory. By installing the mobile application Duolingo on your smartphone you can learn and repeat a foreign language in a game form, without memorizing new words and boring grammar rules.
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Need an Internet connection
Not all suggestions make sense and are therefore of little practical use
Of the huge list of different educational platforms for learning English, the BBC Learning English app is especially popular. Classic teaching is combined with the latest technology and attracts both beginners and advanced students. Many different topics, short video lessons, tests and contests make learning varied and exciting.
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LinguaLeo is a mobile application that helps in learning foreign languages. Learning takes place in a game format, there is a trainer-mascot lion cub Leo, who supports the user and gives him useful recommendations. Application type: complex simulator. About two dozen common languages in the world are available for learning.
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Puzzle English is an app designed to help you learn English, particularly for practicing listening comprehension. Learning is game-based, divided by levels of difficulty and based on pop culture to keep you interested.
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Since people do not remember all the information they consume, and they do not use much of the information they learn, much of the unused information is put away for a long time. Some believe it is erased altogether, but some argue that it can still be accessed. But both believe that if the information is not used for a long time, at the right time a person may simply not use it. Therefore, the principle of interval repetition works in the application.
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You have to exercise regularly, otherwise the intervals get confused
There is a fee for the IPhone mobile app
Memrise is a mobile app for memorizing the translation of foreign words. It is based on a mnemonic technique that simplifies the process of memorizing and automating the understanding of foreign language vocabulary. Cards are divided into thematic categories, each illustrated and voiced by a native speaker.
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Occasional pop-up ads
Rare problems with the quality of literal translation
The TED mobile application provides an opportunity to keep abreast of the latest scientific discoveries, listen to mini-lectures on the humanities, and learn something new from various areas of modern technology achievements. The most authoritative experts and public figures express their ideas and reflections on this or that problem of modernity, and the short video format does not let the platform user get bored.
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Busuu is a mobile application designed for learning foreign languages (each language has a separate version of the application, but all united by the same approach and structure). It contains a large number of complex lessons in game form, arranged in a gradation from simple to complex.
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There are more than a thousand definitions for the same word in this dictionary, both classical and colloquial. New words and definitions for established words appear in it all the time. This app is one of the best for learning and understanding English words and phrases.
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