Language Apps - recommendations/suggestions?

ttf_Ellrod · Post by **ttf_Ellrod** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:35 pm

Ive been looking at online language apps in preparation for a trip to Italy in a few months. Lots to choose from.

What Im looking for would involve more basic vocab and verbal interaction using speech recognition and repetition. Duolingo, for example, seems to involve a lot of screen time. Id like something that was less screen oriented, so I could practice while out for a walk without looking at a screen the whole time.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:16 pm

My company gave me a free subscription to Rosetta Stone to learn German. I didn't put in enough time, but what I did was very useful. I'm no longer employed there so my subscription lapsed. You can get a free lesson to try it out.

My mother-in-law liked the Pimsleur series of tapes (yes, back then they were cassette tapes).

There is also a site called "News in Slow" offering French, German, Spanish, and Italian. You listen to stories you should know in the new language. Haven't tried it myself, but there is a free introduction.

ttf_BGuttman · Post by **ttf_BGuttman** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:16 pm

My company gave me a free subscription to Rosetta Stone to learn German. I didn't put in enough time, but what I did was very useful. I'm no longer employed there so my subscription lapsed. You can get a free lesson to try it out.

My mother-in-law liked the Pimsleur series of tapes (yes, back then they were cassette tapes).

There is also a site called "News in Slow" offering French, German, Spanish, and Italian. You listen to stories you should know in the new language. Haven't tried it myself, but there is a free introduction.