Hi!
Can you recommend any good language learning apps? I tried duolingo but they don’t offer Icelandic course yet, so I mainly use it for French.
Thank you :)
Hey!
Before I give recommend some apps I just want to say that I’m not sure if these offer Icelandic, as I’ve only studied French & Norwegian.
Babbel: A lot of people say this app feels a lot like a real language class. I’ve not personally used it, but a lot of people seem to like it!
Memrise: I’ve used this app before, and it seems like a good way to learn conversation. If I remember correctly it was teaching me a lot of casual conversation etc. Also it has videos of real locals speaking words/phrases just out on the streets. So that’s kinda cool.
Busuu: I’ve actually never used this app, and I only heard of it recently, but I was planning on trying it out soon. I don’t know anything about it except that it’s supposedly good for people who seriously want to learn a language. Again idk if this is true, I’ve not tried it yet.
HelloTalk: oh boy. Where to start with Hellotalk. The idea is to connect you to native speakers of your target language. Like if I am learning Norwegian, and a Norwegian person is learning English, we can chat (text, voice message, call etc) and help reach other. There are cool features like being able to correct someone’s text and it shows them what they typed and what you corrected etc. There is also forums to post on. I’ve made some good friends here in the past, I even met up with one when I was living in France. BUT I’ve since deleted the app. I used to spend so much time on there, but all the friends I made on there, we’ve moved to other platforms. We stopped using Hellotalk because it was taken over by kinda creepy men looking for relationships. I’ve not been on in a while, so Idk. But the last year I was on there some girls made a “girls only” group message, because we were being harassed and hit on so much. Hellotalk said they were working on fixing this problem: so maybe they did! I’ve just not logged back in to check. I really loved this app until I didn’t lol.
Rosetta Stone: I think they have an app now. I’m not sure if they charge you or how much they do (I know back in the day their dvd sets etc obviously cost money. So idk if the app does). But a lot of people really swear by Rosetta Stone, so maybe check that out?
Beelinguapp: this app teaches you languages through stories. The text, translations and audiobook recordings are available.
Mondly: never used it and I know nothing about it, but thought I’d mention it for you! I’ve seen it mentioned before, and since Icelandic is a fairly rare language to find on these apps I figured I should mention as many as I can think of 😂
Some Icelandic apps recommended!
