16+ best applications to learn English and other languages

Learn English Phrases is a simple and accessible application to learn English. This works best as a phrasebook or reference guide.

It has a lot of words and phrases in English along with pronunciations in English and in English. You can also record your own voice and hear how it sounds. This is also one of the best off-line English learning apps, even if it works best as a study aid. This, along with another application like Duolingo or Busuu is a really good combination.

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Tandem is a community application for learning languages. It is very similar to HelloTalk.

You pair with people, you teach them your language and they teach you theirs. The application supports voice and video calls along with picture, text and audio messages. It is compatible with more than 150 languages. Therefore, it should not be difficult to find a pair.

Tandem even offers professional tutors. You can also choose the topic you want to study more on a given day. It works best as a secondary learning source very similar to HelloTalk.

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