Hello everybody, BigBong here and welcome back to another review
Today, I would like to present an app, my sister who lives in Vienna
has been using for about a year now, to learn German
It's called Busuu and I was so happy
when the company approached me to review their app
So without further ado, let's download it
You can do that by simply clicking on the links
in the description down below
It's available on both iOS and Android
The app offers 12 languages including English of course
French, Japanese, Spanish and many more
Today, I thought of learning German for when I visit my sister in Austria
It's been a very long time I haven't spoken the language
So I don't really know how this is going to look like
Actually, I'm a little scared
So Busuu is very user friendly
You have 5 tabs at the bottom
In the first one, you'll have hundreds of lessons
that are not too long which is perfect if you don't have
a lot of time during the day
Actually, it's a great format for anyone
And if you feel motivated, go ahead and complete 10 of them
or even more!
The app contains more than a thousand lessons
divided in different topics
and you can even earn official certificates
I decided to start from the beginning
because I'm sure I can still learn new things as a beginner
Now let me show that for you
So we have visual stimuli with very nice pictures
recordings of words and how it's written
But one thing I particularly enjoy on this app
in addition to the general design which creates
a nice learning atmosphere, are the sounds
when you get things right
So as you can see, the exercices are very interactive
and different, unlike other apps
where it's always the same thing over and over again
[BigBong practicing German]
"I speak German"
"I come from Germany, I speak German"
"English"
"I come from England, I speak English"
"French"
"Which languages do you speak?"
That one sounds like a tongue twister
Which languages do you speak?
So that's pretty much how it looks like
then at the end, you have the percentage of how fluent you are
the number of words learned and the active days
with you streak to keep you motivated
So this is all part of the Premium Plus Plan
Signing up is free but if you go to the Premium Plus option
you'll also be able to start a study plan
to be more disciplined and achieve your learning goals
weather you want to study 10 minutes per day, like I've chosen
or one hour, because I know how easy it can be to forget
or to just lose motivation
But Busuu can really help you stay on track
What I also like about this app is the fact that
it teaches you local dialects
"Moin moin"
"Servus" so that would be the Austrian one
"Hoi" so that would be the Swiss German
I also remember "Grüß Gott" from my trip to Innsbruck
and "Grüezi mitenand" from my trip to Bern
If you want to review everything you learned
because forgetting is also part of the learning process
you have a tab with vocabulary and grammar
then we have the social tab
where you can find people to interact with
make friends or if you want to give back to the community
you can also help others grow by correcting their exercices
Finally, in the last tab, you can follow your progression
with again the percentage of fluency
So 3% for me
Then you can see the number of words learned
the number of certificates, your streak and reputation
So here, after completing my certificate
I became 31% fluent in German, yoohoo!
I showed you German today, but I'm also learning Russian
and Italian on the app, and you can follow your progression
in all the languages you're learning
"I'm learning Italian to find new friends"
[BigBong repeats the sentence]
"What is your name?"
"My name is..."
So here you go: a high quality language learning tool
that's affordable and efficient
so why not give it a try, by clicking on the links
in the description down below
And let me know in the comments which language or languages
you're learning or planning to learn
Thank you for your attention and see you!
"Why are you learning Italian?"
"I am learning Italian"
"I'm learning Italian to work in Italy"
"I'm learning Italian to visit Italy"