Thursday, June 20, 2013 (14:00) | Lisa van der Velden
We’ll get there on vacation often only discovered that our French is not what it used to be, the Italian downright rusty and our German: we’ll get away with it, but it’s not really nice. However, there are plenty of great apps language courses to account for day to arrive. Their destination later Whether you want to learn Mandarin or Flemish want to discuss or just want to smooth order a baguette on philosophy iCulture put in this Holiday Special the best language course apps for iPhone and iPad for a row.
iCulture advises: Duolingo
Whoever has a language course know that this is not cheap. Not surprising therefore, that the free apps in the App Store are often of low quality. That rule is only one exception, and that is called Duolingo. Duolingo is free and good and therefore carries undisputed this listing. Earlier we wrote that this app is not only educational, but also fun to do. You can all scores of friends compare your own performance, the desire to continue learning is only growing. The app also has all sorts of rewards ( achievements ) that you also see in ‘normal’ games. The sound effects, levels and recognitions for keys and rewards Duolingo offers a very special way to learn a language. All game elements and rewards make learning a language to an addictive game. In addition, a very groomed Duolingo app. The application looks quiet and has a clear lesson structure. With Duolingo can Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Italian leather. The app is – unfortunate ly like many other good apps language course – not (yet) available in Dutch. So you will have to learn English from a new language.
Download: Duolingo (free, iPhone, iOS 5.0 +)
Every Day
Every Day Inter Language is one of the few Dutch language course apps. Developer Intertaal is a reputed publisher of language books and teaching methods used in the same applications. That means in this case that the apps provide reliable methods, but have a little corny layout with many game elements and Times New Roman on a light background. The apps have a free Lite version, but you can do little with it. It is recommended to € 2.69 to spend and buy a separate teaching module in the App Store, for example Every Day Italian one. In total there are twelve modules. You can also directly in the App Store to buy the whole package: it is called Every Day Complete and costs € 22.99. Every Day is available only if you want to learn Italian, French or Spanish
Download:. Every Day (€ 2.69, iPhone, iOS 4.2 +)
Busuu
The smart apps Busuu are available in eleven languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Russian, Japanese and Mandarin. The app is free and for that you get twenty lessons. Want more? A course part per level costs € 4.49. You pay € 14.99 for the complete course package. This app would like as a kind of community, and let native speakers help students with their pronunciation. Nice and convenient: Busuu language course also apps for travel, so you can learn on the go or abroad the language. These apps are less suitable for people who want to master a language completely, but learn enough words and phrases to save you, in all kinds of travel situations eg train or at the campsite. The apps require an Internet connection. For childr en there is also an English and Spanish taalcursusapp available
Download:. Busuu (free, universal, iOS 5.0 +)
Living Language
” Nothing short of delighfult “,” Smooth and Simple “: The New York Times and Wired are a fan of the language course apps by Living Language. The quiet apps designed to make learning a language fun and easy, especially by the clever games that users can play. At the end of each lesson For iPad are separate apps available. The Living Language apps are free, and who only wants to refine something can make it to the free introductory lessons. If you want to learn more you can on the iPhone or € 17.99 on iPad buy the full curriculum for € 13.99. The complete application consists of 45 lessons, divided into three levels: Essential, Intermediate and Advanced. Living Language is available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Chinese
Download:. Living Language (free, € 13.99 on the iPhone, € 17.99, universal, iOS 4.2 +) (note: link does not work on iPhone or iPad)
Download: Everyday French 1 (€ 2.69, iPhone, iOS 4.2 +)
Download: Everyday Spanish 1 (€ 2.69, iPhone, iOS 4.2 +)
Download: Everyday Italian 1 (€ 2.69, iPhone, iOS 4.2 +)
French Learning: Improve your pronunciation
The app Learning French: Improve your pronunciation and vocabulary provides a pleasant way to learn French. The Dutch free app provides access to two categories: Body movements and Family. First you learn individual words pronunciation, which you can practice in a multiple choice test. In the exam, you can not think too long, because there is a timer meeloopt. Progress is tracked by category, so you can see in what area you should brush up your knowledge. Are there any words that you can not remember, well then you put it under your favorites for later even more to spend. Attention The free version of this app gives a very good taste of the full content of 24 categories that you can purchase.
Download: Learn French (free, universal, iOS 4.3 +)
Other apps to learn a language
- Dale (free, iPad, iOS 5.0 +) – Beautiful, clear app with game elements. Available for English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Swedish, Portuguese, Polish and Indonesian.
- Rosetta Course (free, iPad, iOS 4.3 +) and total Studio (free, iPad 2 or higher , iOS 4.0 +) – Professional apps for the iPad. Developer Rosetta Stone is a well-known provider of language courses, but not cheap. You can get some lessons free trial, but then you pay 199 or 299 euros for 1 or 2 levels.
- Byki (€ 6.99, iPhone, iOS 3.0 +) – Byki stands for Before You Know It offers infinite languages, from Creole to Zulu. Dutch is also available, to learn then. You pay 6.99 per language and gets more than 1000 words and phrases in return.
- AccelaStudy (€ 8.99, universal, iOS 5.0 +) – The developer of AccelaStudy language course has lots of apps in the App Store. Here are also courses in Dutch as Dutch-Japanese, Dutch-Turkish and Dutch-Chinese. The apps have a clear layout and design.
Soon in the Holiday Special we treat language guides you to the place of destination assist converse. The above courses are designed to already own.
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