Glossika Review – Not Cheap But Useful

Glossika

Rating 3.6

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Summary

Glossika has learning resources for over fifty languages that impressively range from Armenian and Czech to Icelandic and Tagalog. While not suitable for absolute beginners, lower intermediates could use the resource to familiarise themselves with sentences in their language of choice using Glossika´s intuitive approach. Listening to native speakers and repeating what they say can help learners to improve their comprehension skills and spoken fluency. While it is amazing that so many languages are included, learners would have to use numerous other resources alongside it. The cost is unjustifiably high.

Quality 3.8

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The audio recordings are well made but other aspects could be improved

Thoroughness 3.8

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Glossika covers an impressive number of languages but their method requires you to intuitively learn

Value 3.5

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Polyglots may find the price to be fair but for most language learners it’s not

I Like

There are lots of languages available, including many that are rarely covered by other resources.
The subscription gives you access to all of the languages making it possible to study one language and review another at the same time.
It will force you to speak the language which will improve your confidence and prosody.

I Don’t Like

As all of the languages cover the exact same material, the diversity of the languages and cultures are reduced to a simple formula with no cultural context involved in their teaching.
There are a fair amount of errors in the materials.
The cost is excessively high compared to other resources.
There are no explanations of grammar.

Price

You can try out Glossika´s learning method for free with their week-long trial. Their basic subscription is $16.99 a month. The monthly subscription costs $30.99 a month. The annual subscription costs $24.99 a month and will set you back 299.88$ in total.

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Few resources cover as many different languages as Glossika does. Because of this, I was excited to try it out and see what it’s like to use.

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Earworms Review – A Unique Idea But Lacks Substance

Earworms

Rating 2.5

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Summary

Earworms is a unique language resource that relies on audio lessons mixed into music. The theory is that you will find the music catchy and thus remember your lessons easily. The whole idea behind Earworms is the psychological theory of memory association. You would associate some information with the music and thus remember it easily. However, the music used in these lessons will not appeal to everyone, at least it didn’t for me. Moreover, the lack of visual aid and no exercises to assess your skills make it harder. I would only recommend this for people who have failed to learn through other online resources or perhaps someone looking to learn a few phrases before a trip.

Quality 2.0

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With a lack of exercises and visual aids, I can’t really say that it will prove to be a useful resource.

Thoroughness 2.0

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All the lessons are comprised of various phrases that they think will be useful for anyone willing to learn French. Unfortunately, they’re too shallow and poorly structured.