Summary

Loecsen is a web based platform designed to make learning languages feel natural by offering immersive, bite-sized language courses that anyone can master. There are over 40 languages to learn including Arabic, English, French among others. It started out as an essential conversation guide for short stays abroad, but soon evolved to offer more comprehensive language courses.

Loecsen’s strengths are its nice visual aids to stimulate interest and encourage revision. It also uses clear, high-quality audio recordings and a voice recognition feature to help you practice and improve your pronunciation skills. By combining visual aids with clear audio pronunciation, Loecsen encourages you pick up the language naturally, just as you would through interaction with native speakers.

The material is practical, teaching languages as they’re spoken in everyday life and providing a more immersive experience. You’ll be introduced to real-life vocabulary and useful phrases, while also getting their grammatical and cultural explanations. In order to understand words better, you can integrate them into sentence contexts.

Loecsen provides you with an overview of the training content to prepare you accordingly. It uses a spaced review algorithm which adjusts to your learning pace to help you build vocabulary, as well as a looped repetition of exercises to help reinforce your memory. When you’re not actively learning, you can listen to full content in bilingual mode. Additionally, you can download content in audio and PDF formats so you can learn without your screen. 

For new courses, you’ll get detailed information for each word—etymology, synonyms, mnemonic tips and grammar points—as well as exercises to improve comprehension, speaking, writing and your overall language skills. Moreover, if you find something to be challenging while learning, Loecsen offers personalized feedback to explain any errors and provide guidance.

The platform is different from similar resources like Duolingo in that it’s more practical, stress-free and the illustrations appeal more to visual memory, therefore encouraging better understanding of the target language.

Loecsen isn’t available as a mobile App, and the voice recognition system only works on Chrome and Android only. But it is a great comprehensive resource to help you practice and hone several language skills.