After the boom of AI, many new language learning (especially speaking) apps have been created. Most of them feature practicing free-talking in a certain everyday situation with the help of AI as their key point. I tested a few apps, and realized the apps are basically composed of traditional video lectures including some AI features (voice understanding, pronunciation correction like something), and the advertised free-talking was a side feature and I think don’t think people use that very frequently. The apps collected a lot of users, and the users say it’s effective, but I don’t think it’s very new, and I don’t think practicing in a hypothetical situation is effective. Have you tried similar apps, and was it effective for you? How do you think about them?
As an example, this is one of the apps popular in my country
I am currently trying langua which appears rather expensive but allows me to have genuine conversations, discussions about specific topics etc.
The AI seems to understand me very well with rather few misunderstandings and issues. While I have so far used it only for a few days, the experience has been pleasant for me.
I have mostly used it with Spanish (Mexican Accent) which worked very well and a bit of Korean which worked better than expected.
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I’ve been looking into that site too, and it is a little on the expensive side. If anyone else is interested, you can find 20% off discount codes for it online – valid only for full 1-year, paid up front subscriptions. Some times of the year you can find 25% off discount codes too.
https://www.google.com/search?q=langua+ai+discount+code
I am using Mondly app (it is free for me for one year because it is paid by Walmart being a Walmart associate) which also has an AI option and virtual reality thingy. I mean at the end of the lesson I get to see sentences hovering around in a space. Even though the app is sleek after using it for three weeks I feel like language apps are geared for gamification. I end up spending 30 minutes per lesson by doing various exercises. However, if I listen to Joe Rogan’s podcast on Spotify for the same 30 minutes, I get exposure to more words per minute I feel like I am learning something. It is not my go to language learning app I will stick to LingQ. That being said, once in a while it is nice to kill some dead time on the Mondly app.
That’s interesting. My son is currently with Walmart, and had previously spent 18 months in Finland some years ago. Mondly is supposedly one of the good apps for Finnish, but it may be too basic for him. I’ll tell him to check it out though, the AI and virtual reality part sounds fun!