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UTALK REVIEW UPDATE

This isn’t such a selling point for native English speakers again, if I head to something like Duolingo as a speaker of English, I’m very lucky: I can learn around 30 languages.ĭuolingo has nothing but a 40% completed English course. There’s also the benefit of flexibility that comes with uTalk, because you don’t need a source language. Languages are incredibly diverse in their grammar, syntax, vocab, idioms and more, so even basic tailoring to so many languages wouldn’t be doable.įrankly, you’re not going to be able to get anywhere near fluent with uTalk alone, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a valuable part of your overall language-learning journey as long as you recognise these inherent limitations.Įspecially considering it’s a tiny fraction of the price of Rosetta Stone, I feel like it’s value for money. There are some inherent limitations in trying to teach 140 languages on one platform with the same themes and vocab

The language offerings aren’t tailored for the rules of the languages in any way, unlike Rocket Languages for example which really teaches how the pieces of that particular language fit together.īut that doesn’t mean that what uTalk does isn’t valuable in and of itself. If you’re expecting fluency from one app, this is definitely not the app. What I hadn’t really understood at the time was that, as uTalk’s product manager Simon explains:įor those seeking fluency, one app is never going to be enough (ours included!) I had access to Rosetta Stone in primary school, and all I’d learned from it was to internalise the idea that I probably wasn’t any good at language learning. uTalk’s plethora of language combinations In other words, you’re learning to speak in the same way that a first-language speaker does, without needing to involve your native language at all. It uses the same basic system for all the languages, so you don’t even need to know English you could be a French speaker learning Mandarin, or a Bhutanese learning Greek. There’s over a hundred languages on the app, from lesser-known languages like Tibetan and Yoruba to the most popular languages like Spanish, French, Mandarin and Japanese.

This gets you speaking faster and improves your listening skills. Not just how it’s written (unlike many language-learning methods) but also how it sounds. You can then use the uCoins to unlock languages and features. There’s also an in-app currency call uCoins which you can earn by completing lessons (or purchasing them).

UTALK REVIEW FOR FREE

The uTalk app is free to download for iPhone and iPad, and you can try any of the languages for free with our Starter Pack.UTalk is an app for Android, iOS (includes “offline mode”) and web that lets you “learn any language” through visuals you see the pictures, you listen to what they are, and you play a variety of games designed to help you commit the meaning of your new vocabulary to memory. Something that’s not new but always helpful to have is the search bar at the top of the screen that you can use to search for words when you’re in a rush.

We’ve added beautiful imagery and interactive descriptions of how the app features will help you learn, so you always know exactly what you’re getting. The store inside the app where you can purchase extra topics has a brand new look too, which we think is nice to play with. These are designed to keep you motivated every time you get past a small milestone (like getting 30 correct answers in a row or try out half of the topics), we’ll reward you with stars that can be used to buy the uTalk Specials. We’ve introduced the Score Dashboard where you can see your points, your stars, uTalk Specials and Achievements. These are extra topics that you may find helpful in various situations such as Camping, Driving, Sailing and many others. By earning stars and achievements you can then buy additional topics or what we call uTalk Specials. Stars are the biggest change within the new features, and it’s safe to say we’re all pretty excited about them! With the Stars, the more you play the more you get, so they’re basically in-game coins.

UTALK REVIEW UPDATE

Our small office has been very busy recently preparing a big new update to uTalk, and we’re very happy to finally share it with you! Some of you may have already tried it – if you have we’d love to hear what you think.

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