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There’s No Babbel (or Busuu) Greek Course – Try These Alternatives Instead

Both Babbel and Busuu are great platforms for learning a new language – but they’re not perfect because they don’t yet have lessons for every language, Greek being one of them. But don’t worry, there are still lots of other great options if you want to learn Greek!

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18 Online Hebrew Courses: We Have Tested Dozens

When learning Hebrew, finding the right language course can help you improve. Whether you’re a complete beginner or you already know some basic Hebrew, there are tons of language courses that can help you learn the language. We’ve broken them down into several categories to help you separate them according to your preference.

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Language101.com Course Review – The Worst I’ve Ever Tried!

Language101.com Course

Rating 0.6

Summary

Language101 (not to be confused with LanguagePod101) is the worst course I’ve ever tried. The platform has ten different languages for you to choose from and focuses on teaching speaking and comprehension. Consequently, you likely won’t learn how to spell, write or translate the language, or even learn any of the grammar. I found the courses to be poorly designed — each ‘lesson’ is identical in form, and the fast-paced learning method seems inefficient; it is doubtful whether even beginners will learn much. To make matters worse, the price is obscenely expensive.


Quality 1.0

Easy enough to use, but I thought the content was severely lacking.

Thoroughness 1.0

There are virtually no explanations at all. You just learn to parrot and memorize words and phrases.

Value 0.0

Terrible value in my opinion. It honestly feels like a scam. Not worth using even if it were free.

I Like
  • They provide you with a literal translation of the phrase you are asked to produce.
  • Despite coming away thinking this is a terrible product (and it is), I liked being asked to produce words and phrases.
I Don’t Like
  • I don’t agree with their ‘teaching’ method which basically asks you to produce words and phrases in a language you have never learned before as quickly as possible.
  • The ‘courses’ are a muddled mess, I didn’t see any logical progression, and there is only one exercise for you to do ad infinitum until you lose your mind.
  • It is insanely expensive. My god. It is insulting how much money they are charging for a product this terrible.
Price

Language101 has lots of different subscription plans for you to choose from. A one-time payment for access to all of its languages costs $727 or $97/month if you opt for the monthly installments option (that would end up working out at $1,164 if you chose the latter!!).

For ‘1 Package’ of the language of your choice it is then $227 for lifetime access or $527 if you want all 3 packages in a given language.

Alternatives: Literally anything else on the Internet (or in a bookstore) would be better!

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French Today Review: Fun To Use And Effective

French Today

Rating 4.0

Summary

French Today offers audiobooks, skype lessons, and on-site lessons in France. This article will focus on the audiobooks which range from beginner to the upper-intermediate level. There are different types of audiobooks, all of which are quite extensive. Many of them have nearly 10 hours of content and a PDF file with 200 or so pages.


Quality 4.0

Good content that can also be accessed from their app

Thoroughness 4.0

There are hours and hours of content covering most of the important aspects of the language

Value 4.0

Frequent discounts and bundles can significantly lower the cost

I Like
  • The audiobooks are recorded at different speeds with both a slower version and a normal speed
  • The depth of content found in the audiobooks and accompanying PDFs
  • It’s a one-time purchase and can be used offline
I Don’t Like
  • The quality of the testing system
Price

The audiobooks range from $39.99 to $129. There are also bundles that make things a bit cheaper.

Audiobooks, Skype Lessons, and Homestays

French Today offers three main products – audiobooks, Skype lessons, and immersion homestays in France.

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Does Babbel Have Thai

There’s No Babbel, Rosetta Stone or Busuu Thai Course – Try These Alternatives Instead!

Babbel, Rosetta Stone and Busuu are great language learning resources. But unfortunately, they haven’t yet created courses for all the languages we’d like to learn. And Thai is one of those languages..

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