This week, I used the Busuu app to practice learning French.
With Busuu, I have noticed many similarities to Duolingo, but also some helpful differences. For staters, with Bussu, you can also have a daily streak count that keeps you motivated. You can also be placed on a leadership board amongst other participants so that the app kind of feels like a game, rather than “work.” The app layout is also very similar, it has different lessons with different sections that you can complete and it tells you how long it will take complete the lessons.
Some helpful differences that I have noticed are it has videos of a person speaking the language throughout the lesson, rather than an animated animal or person. I find that it makes it more realistic to learn the language that way, Also, you don’t run out of “hearts” or anything like that if you make a mistake. The app corrects you, and then gives you the correct answer and why that is the correct answer, which I found really helpful. The app would also give you “tips” throughout the lesson to help the learning experience become more personalized.
Overall, I find that Busuu is a lot better than Duolingo. It has the videos that speak the language and what you are supposed to learn. It also has the ability for you to keep on practicing despite making a mistake, which lessens the frustration of learning a new language.
Thanks for sharing. I recently found out that I am going to be going on an international holiday next year and am needing to learn some languages, so I think that this is a great review. I am going to look into it! Thanks!
Hey Amie! Thanks for sharing this resource. My boyfriend and I are planning a trip to Europe this summer and we are both using Duolingo to familiarize ourselves with some of the languages we will be encountering on our trip so I appreciate you sharing this resource and doing a bit of a review on it! I definitely think I will be checking this one out!
Hey Amie, I have wanted to learn a new language and found Duo-lingo to be not be exactly what I needed. I found that I couldn’t retain a lot of the information Duo-lingo was providing. I am going to check this out but also recently I found out that my iPhone has a great translator built into it that I have been playing around with. Thanks for sharing this new resource!