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By Nick Hindi

There’s No Babbel Hindi Course – Try These Alternatives Instead

There's no Babbel Hindi course

Did you know that there are 615 million Hindi speakers in the world? And that over 300 million are native speakers? You would think that with stats like that, Babbel would have a Hindi language course..

Unfortunately, they don’t, but there are still many other options if you are searching for a way to learn this popular language. Keep reading to find out how to learn Hindi with these four great alternatives to Babbel!

Pimsleur

One of the pros of learning Hindi with Pimsleur is that you’ll receive tons of speaking and listening practice. If you want to focus on oral language learning, rather than learning the rules of grammar, then you will enjoy the way Pimsleur has styled their courses..

Another great part about Pimsleur is that each lesson builds upon the previous one in a very logical way. This trajectory makes for effective learning. And you’ll also enjoy the cultural references that are included throughout the course..
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By Nick Hindi

HindiPod101 – Better as a Supplemental Resource

Quick Review

4

Summary:

HindiPod101 offers audio and video lessons (though they’re mostly audio) for learning Hindi. They’re similar to a podcast with two hosts teaching the language with the help of natural dialogues. They take the time to explain key grammar points, vocabulary, interesting cultural information, and so on. Their tends to be more content for beginners and the lesson structure could be improved. As such, it’s better as a supplementary tool for improving your Hindi, rather than a standalone course.

Quality

The lessons are generally well-made, though quality can vary depending on when it was added.

Thoroughnes

Although there’s a lot of content, it’s not structured particularly well.

Value

Good value for a low cost.

Price

There are many subscription lengths available which lower the cost. But, a one-month subscription costs:

Basic: $8/mo
Premium: $25/mo
Premium Plus: $47/mo

Use the promo code “ALLLANGUAGERESOURCES” to save 25% on a subscription to HindiPod101.

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By Nick Hindi

Learn Hindi Online – 16 Best And Worst Courses (2020)

Like most people, you may have dreamt about learning a new language for years. The problem lies in finding a worthwhile program that delivers spot-on instruction. After all, you don’t want to waste time or money only to find out that you’re pronouncing key verbs wrong.

Fortunately, language learning is our area of expertise.

To help you learn Hindi, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of online courses with a lot to offer. We’ve grouped them into four tiers, so you know what to expect—and what to avoid.

Top Tier
Pimsleur, Italki, HindiPod101, Memrise

2nd Tier
Learning-Hindi, Duolingo, Udemy, Mango Languages

3rd Tier
Glossika, University of Pennsylvania, FSI, Rocket Hindi

4th Tier
Rosetta Stone, Mondly, Michel Thomas Method, Transparent Language

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By Nick Arabic Dutch English Farsi Filipino French German Greek Hebrew Hindi Irish Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Chinese Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swahili Vietnamese

Living Language Online Course Review – Not Very Good

Quick Review

2.7 

Summary:

Living Language provides numerous learning materials for multiple languages, including complete and essential courses that come with textbooks and CDs. They also have specialty courses covering business, travel, and several jobs. However, their standard online version isn’t very practical, and it’s difficult to tell if you’re actually learning or simply going through the motions. While the resource might be useful for those who want access to a large vocab list with grammar reading materials, there are better, cheaper options.

Quality

Though the information itself is useful, Living Language’s presentation reads more like a database than an educational/interactive tool.

Thoroughness

Again, a lot of the information is there, but it’s scattered. Additionally, some of that information appears incorrect.

Value

Cheaper options offer the same amount of content with more interactive features.

Price

An annual plan costs $150, and half a year costs $75. Three months is $50 and 1 month is $39.

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Languages: American Sign Language, Arabic, Dothraki, Dutch, English, Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, and Vietnamese

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Drops App Review – Decent As A Supplementary Resource

Quick Review

3

Summary:

Drops is a phone app for iPhone and Android that covers 33 languages. Daily games test the user on thousands of vocabulary words, and many of these words are ideal for everyday use. Drops has an entertaining, user-friendly interface, but it also lacks grammar lessons, and it works better for some languages than others. For anyone looking to supplement their vocab lessons, this app is worth considering; however, the free version might be more worthwhile than the paid version.

Quality

Though cute and easy to use, several visuals are hard to distinguish, and some games aren’t too useful for retention.

Thoroughnes

This app won’t help with grammar or verb conjugation. However, it does offer hundreds of unique vocab words.

Value

The free app is a great supplementary tool to help round out your vocabulary, but the paid app doesn’t offer many useful extras.

Price

A monthly subscription costs $9.99, a yearly subscription is $69.99, and a lifetime subscription is $159.99. You can use the app up to five minutes every ten hours for free.

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Mondly Review – Far From My First Choice For Learning A Language

Quick Review

2.7 

Summary:

Mondly is a below average online language learning resource. It does some things right and other things poorly. It’s pretty cheap, and a decent enough crash course that could help you before a trip abroad. Still, it wouldn’t be my first choice.

Quality

Both the interface and the course itself could be designed better.

Thoroughness

It’s decent for learning vocabulary but a lot of material isn’t explained very well.

Value

It’s fairly inexpensive.

Price

There are three plans…
$9.99 per month for one language
$47.99 per year ($4/mo) for one language
$47.99 per year ($4/mo) for all languages

Strangely, I was able to access multiple languages even though I only signed up for one month at $9.99.

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Transparent Language Review – Their Courses Are Awful!

Quick Review

1.8 

Summary:

The Transparent Language Essentials Courses aim to get absolute beginners engaged and interacting with the language they’re learning and speaking the basics in no time at all. While there are lots of different exercises for you to work through, the material isn’t all that helpful and it does get very repetitive. Although the courses aren’t all that useful or in depth, with over a hundred languages on offer it might be worth checking out if you want to learn the very basics of a more obscure language such as Buriat, Kazakh or Turkmen. But, even then, I’d try to find other resources first.

Quality

While the exercises are for the most part well-designed, diverse and easy to use, it is the core material itself which is lacking.

Thoroughness

There are hardly any explanations at all, you just have to endlessly memorize words and phrases.

Value

I would only consider using if it were free and I was studying a very rare language.

Price

There is a free two-week trial period for you to try it out. Otherwise, it is $24.95 per month or $149.95 for a whole year if you just select one language. If you want access to all of the languages it is then $49.95 per month and $249.95 a year.

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By Alex Arabic Dutch French German Greek Hindi Irish Italian Japanese Korean Mandarin Chinese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish

Michel Thomas Method Review – Avoid At All Costs

Quick Review

1.7

Summary:

One of the most famous language teaching courses out there, Michel Thomas is a household name and his audio lessons aim to teach you your language of choice, naturally, intuitively and without any memorization involved. With 18 languages for you to choose from, the courses are aimed at absolute beginners and at the end you should be able to understand and speak to a basic level. I tried out the French foundation course and found it to be severely lacking and as such cannot recommend it at all. You may, however, have more luck with the other language courses that they offer.

Quality

Very easy to use, the audios are decent quality but Michel Thomas’ discouraging manner means that students get flustered and this detracts from the content’s quality.

Thoroughness

Michel Thomas doesn’t go into much depth and any explanations he offers up are just at a surface level.

Value

I wouldn’t use these even if they were free due to Michel Thomas’ teaching style which ruins the material.

Languages: Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Modern Standard), Dutch, French, Greek, German, Hindi, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Price

There are several different courses available with prices ranging from $11.99 to $100.

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Rosetta Stone Review (Subscription) – Painfully Repetitive And Overpriced

Quick Review

2.3 

Summary:

One of the most famous language learning resources out there, the Rosetta Stone method relies on immersive teaching so students will only find the material in the language they’re learning. Starting off with the basics, the units get progressively harder and cover a large range of topics. Suitable for beginner and intermediate students, it is more expensive than competitors and the exercises get very repetitive after a while. While it isn’t a bad resource, you can definitely find something better.

Quality

Very easy to use and navigate, the content is well presented but the similar format becomes deadly boring after a while.

Thoroughnes

While a lot of material is covered, you have to infer everything from the pictures that you are given. As such, there are no explanations at all.

Value

It’s not as good and more expensive than other resources.

Price

The price varies by subscription length:

$79 for 3 months
$119 for 6 months
$179 for 12 months
$249 for 24 months

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Pimsleur Review – Secret Subscription Option Is Much Cheaper

Quick Review

4.3 

Summary:

Pimsleur’s courses primarily focus on oral language. They are one of the biggest names in language learning but was something I had a hard time recommending to people in the past because of the insanely high prices.

They recently added a subscription model with much more reasonable prices and a new app that is much better designed. This review focuses on the new subscription model which isn’t yet available to the general public from the Pimsleur website but you can find it here.

I was really impressed with the quality of the lessons and now that the price is much better, I’m happy to recommend studying with Pimsleur.

Quality

The lessons are very well structured and the new app works great

Thoroughnes

Pimsleur primarily focuses on oral language at the expense of grammar.

Value

The new subscription cost is very affordable.

Price

A basic subscription costs $14.95 per month and a premium subscription costs $19.95 per month. This is a massive improvement over the old prices which cost as much as $550 for five levels.

You won’t find any information about this new subscription price on their website. The link below will take you to a page with more information on their subscription plans.

Try a free 7-day trial of Pimsleur
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