Busuu
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- Personalized study plans tailored to your goals and schedule
- Practice with native speakers for real-world conversation skills
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The company Busuu was founded by Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti in '08. Busuu grew quickly to become one of the most recognized global brands in language education, with over 100 million users worldwide.
Busuu is designed for on-the-go professionals, anyone who loves interactive apps, language learners who want some way to measure progress, people looking to get better at speaking, and anyone who prefers learning on their computer. Read on to learn more about Busuu!
Signing up for Busuu is easy! Start by selecting the language you wish to learn, and then provide your name, a valid email address, and a password that will be used for Busuu’s website and services. You can also sign up with either Facebook or Google.
From there you will need to state whether you are a beginner or more advanced, what your goals for learning are, the level you want to achieve (up to B2), what days of the week you want to learn and at what times and for how long. Your sign up will finish with an estimation on when you should finish.
· Learn New Words
· Grammar
· Flashcard learning
· Courses tailored to your needs
· Word usage
· All free features
· Practise with native speakers
· Offline Mode
· Grammar lessons
· Vocabulary Trainer
· All free and Premium features
· Personalised Study Plan
· Learn up to 12 languages
· Official certificates
Whether you are a native English speaker or a speaker of another language, Busuu has content for 12 languages, giving you a range of some of the most popular languages to learn.
These language courses for English speakers include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. English is also included for non-native speakers, giving 12 in total.
Free lessons include flashcards and other ways for beginners to practice new words. You can access all of the learning material on Busuu via their lessons menu to tailor them to your own needs. Lessons follow a logical progression and are grouped into different CEFR levels.
There is a variety of these simple exercises that aim at getting you comfortable with the language. You’ll come across fill-in-the-gap exercises, unscramble-the-word/sentence puzzles, and basic listening activities, to name a few.
More advanced lessons are available for premium members, and these include personalized study plans, practicing with native speakers, and more!
Busuu offers a free version of their services to anyone who signs up, which includes features like choosing your languages, learning exercises with flashcards and more. You also get progress markers to keep track of how you are doing on the site with learning languages.
This is generally okay for a beginner but is ultimately lacking for anyone who wants to take language learning seriously. Fortunately, Busuu offers both a Premium and a Premium Plus version of the site that expands on these features.
You can sign up with Premium or Premium Plus for either 3 months, 1 year, or 2 years, and your subscription will renew automatically. All prices are in euros. Also, you have a 14-day money-back guarantee and can cancel anytime for any reason. The prices are as follows
· 3 months €11.99 per month
· 12 months €6.49 per month
· 24 months €5.69 per month
· 3 months €12.99 per month
· 12 months €6.99 per month
· 24 months €6.25 per month
· Easy to use layout that kept us engaged
· Effective conversation sessions
· Includes a fun social feature
· You can learn cultural tips as you learn a language
· You can create a study plan that’s relevant to your life
· Limited language options
· Translations aren’t always given
· Corrections aren’t always correct
· Grammar could be better explained
The Premium or Premium Pro version of Busuu are really where you will get the most out of this service. The free version is serviceable, but you will have more progress using other language learning services that are for free than you will with Busuu. Also on offer is the Busuu lifetime subscription, which provides a bit extrinsic motivation to help you commit to your goals, and of course, lifetime access to Busuu's resources.
However, the paid version of the site is well done, with a strong organizational system that really helps with language learning, and a good variety of lessons to help beginner and intermediate learners progress with their chosen language.
