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italki Review – The Good, The Bad, & The Just Alright

Teacher Quality

You’ll find everyone from long-time professionals to brand new teachers.

Platform

The overall platform has tons of useful features but also some room for improvement.

Value

Huge number of teachers, low prices, and flexible scheduling.

I Like…

There are large numbers of teachers available even for less common languages.

You can find skilled teachers even at low prices.

The flexibility to schedule lessons whenever convenient. The huge number of teachers guarantees you’ll find someone to fit your schedule.

The extra features in the italki Community make it easy to ask questions, get your writing checked, and find a free language exchange partner.

I DON’T LIKE…

Community features are only available through the app.

You may need to try several tutors before finding one that fits your learning and personality style.

It’s easy to not take classes as often as you should.

Price

The prices vary by teacher and language with some being as low as $4 and others as high as $60 per hour. Most will fall somewhere near the $10 per hour range. Right now italki is offering a $10 credit with your first purchase.

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*Use this link to purchase a minimum of $20 (US) of Italki credits and receive an extra $10 free! (Bonus added after completion of 1st lesson)*

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By Tara Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Assamese Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bhojpuri Bulgarian Burmese Cantonese Catalan Cebuano Croatian Czech Danish Dari English Estonian Faroese Filipino Finnish Flemish French Frisian Galician Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hmong Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Macedonian Maithili Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Mandarin Chinese Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Oromo Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Sanskrit Serbian Shona Sicilian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tibetan Tigrinya Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu

Bluebird Languages Mini-Review: Over 160 Languages Available

By Brian Alsatian Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Assamese Aymara Azeri Basque Belarusian Bengali Berber (Tamazight) Bosnian Breton Bulgarian Burmese Catalan Cebuano Chewa (Chichewa) Cornish Corsican Croatian Czech Danish Dari Dutch Dzongkha English Esperanto Faroese Fijian (ITaukei) Filipino Finnish Flemish French Frisian Galician German Greek Greenlandic Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Kazakh Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luganda Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Mandarin Chinese Manx Maori Marathi Mongolian Navajo (Diné bizaad) Nepali Norwegian Oromo Papiamento Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Quechua Romanian Romansch Russian Sami Samoan Sardinian Scots Scottish Serbian Shona Sicilian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Tajik Tamil Telugu Thai Tibetan Tigrinya Tswana Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Wolof Xhosa Yiddish Yoruba Zulu

Cudoo Review — I Wouldn’t Even Use it if it Were Free

Quality

It’s nice to have native speaker audio, but I personally found the course to offer very little learning potential.

Thoroughness

The course didn’t cover everything listed under “Course Content” and offers no explanations.

Value

This course is way overpriced in my opinion. I wouldn’t even use it if it were free.

I Like…

Audio by a variety of native speakers.

I DON’T LIKE…

I wanted more explanations

Practice opportunities felt severely limited

I found the material unengaging

Content doesn’t build on itself logically.

Languages

There are courses in over 160 languages on Cudoo. You’ll find languages as rare as Alsatian, Jerriais, and Navajo alongside more popular languages like Spanish and German.

Price

Price varies by course, from $4.99 to $24.99, with language bundles costing up to $199.

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By Brian French Afrikaans Ainu Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Breton Bulgarian Burmese Cantonese Catalan Cebuano Coptic Cornish Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Dzongkha English Estonian Faroese Filipino Finnish Flemish Georgian German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hakka Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kannada Khmer (Cambodian) Korean Kurdish Ladin Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luxembourgish Malay Malayalam Mandarin Chinese Maori Marathi Norwegian Ojibwe Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Sanskrit Scots Scottish Serbian Slovak Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamang Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish Twi Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh

Memrise Review – Useful But Don’t Overuse It

Quality

The mobile app looks great and is easy to use, but the website is clunky. Works very well for memorization.

Thoroughness

There are quite a few official Memrise courses, and the number of user-created courses is massive, but you’ll benefit from using additional resources.

Value

The free version of the app provides a lot of value, but the paid version doesn’t offer much more.

I Like…

The spaced repetition software is effective for memorization

The huge range of available content

It’s more interactive than other flashcard apps

I DON’T LIKE…

It’s not enough for continued language learning

Website navigation is clunky

Premium version isn’t much more valuable than the free version

Languages

There are currently official Memrise courses for 21 languages.

Among others, these include: Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Italian, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Russian.

If you count the user-generated courses, the list of languages is nearly endless.

Price

For the full version of Memrise, the subscription prices are:

$8.99/monthly
$59.99/annually
$139.99 – lifetime subscription

Signing up for a free account with Memrise automatically gives you access to limited versions of their official courses.

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By Brian Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Assamese Azerbaijani Basque Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Burmese Cantonese Catalan Cebuano Chewa (Chichewa) Croatian Czech Danish Dari Dutch Dzongkha English Esperanto Estonian Fijian (ITaukei) Filipino Finnish Flemish French Galician Georgian German Greek Greenlandic Gujarati Haitian Creole Hausa Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Igbo Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Kazakh Khmer (Cambodian) Kinyarwanda Korean Kurdish Kyrgyz Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Lao Latin Latvian Lithuanian Luganda Luxembourgish Macedonian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Mandarin Chinese Manx Maori Marathi Mongolian Neapolitan (Napoletano) Nepali Nigerian Pidgin Norwegian Oromo Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Sami Samoan Sardinian Scots Scottish Serbian Shanghainese Shona Sicilian Sindhi Sinhala Slovak Slovenian Somali Spanish Swahili Swedish Swiss German Tajik Tamil Telugu Thai Tibetan Tigrinya Tswana Turkish Turkmen Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Wolof Xhosa Yoruba Zulu

uTalk Review – For Beginners Who Want To Learn Key Words & Phrases

Quality

The app is very user-friendly, and the content is mostly useful, but little variation in practice activities can become repetitive.

Thoroughness

The app does a good job of teaching key words and phrases, but review opportunities aren’t as transparent or comprehensive as they could be.

Value

The price is very low, there’s a lot of content, and the right learner could get some serious practical use out of the resource.

I Like…

The number of languages on offer is staggering.

Each phrase is recorded by a male and female native speaker. This was especially helpful in learning pronunciation.

You frequently get to hear recordings of yourself producing the language. I found this motivating and informative.

I DON’T LIKE…

The Memory Game exercise felt like a waste of time. It’s difficult to get a perfect score even if you know the language well.

I kept wishing there was a way to choose which phrases I could practice in games instead of them being randomly selected.

Price

$2.99/month on a monthly basis and can be canceled at any time
$1.67/month for a year-long subscription
$1.00/month for a two-year subscription

*This is the price for the more popular languages like Spanish, German, Arabic, etc. Less common languages such as Afrikaans and Tibetan cost slightly more.

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