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You want to learn a new language but don't want to spend a fortune on learning materials or waste evenings in adult education classes? Then you need an online language course. With the help of modern language learning apps, you can learn English, Spanish, French and many other languages flexibly and easily on your PC or smartphone. Whether you're learning for your job or for your next trip; the online language courses from Babbel and Co. teach you vocabulary and grammar in a playful way and keep your motivation high for a long time - and for a fraction of the price of a classroom course at night school. Find the best language app now:

1. Babbel

Babbel is not only one of the internationally best-known online language courses and market leader, but also the trusted test winner 2023. You can currently learn 14 languages with Babbel: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Indonesian. Some courses - such as Indonesian or Russian - cover the most important basics, while in more common languages such as French and Spanish you can reach CEFR level B1, and in English even C1.

What's great about Babbel is its simplicity and flexibility. No matter where you are, how much time you have with you and on which device you want to learn; with the language learning app from Babbel, you can design your language course exactly the way you want it. The individual lessons are only a few minutes long and can therefore be completed in between lessons or on the go. If you have more time, you can complete several exercises at once, in which you can practise new vocabulary, match pictures and translations, fill in cloze texts and more.

2. Pimsleur

Pimsleur is a holistic online language course available for many different languages. It uses all kinds of media: audio lessons, text lessons, digital flashcards, learning games and quizzes, conversation exercises, and more. Pimsleur is available as a web app in the browser or as a mobile app for iOS and Android devices. The Pimsleur promise: within 30 days, "intermediate" language proficiency should be possible; otherwise, you will get back your money.

Pimsleur is one of the most expensive language courses in the trusted comparison. Each language course consists of 5 levels, and each level costs you a one-time fee of 150 US dollars (about 108 pounds); this includes learning materials for a 16-hour course. If you want to buy all 5 levels of a language at the same time, there is a discount; a complete course costs only 575 US dollars instead of 750. Pimsleur offers a 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not satisfied with the results of your course.

3. Mondly

The language course Mondly - still much less well-known in Germany than Babbel - is also one of the top performers in the current trusted comparison. This is also (but not only) due to the phenomenally large selection of possible learning languages. You can currently learn up to 41 languages with Mondly and new courses are added regularly. Similar to Babbel, the most important basics are often covered there. In addition to common languages like English, Spanish and French, there are also many exotic languages like Urdu and Vietnamese, dead languages like Latin and many more unusual courses.

In terms of the learning concept, Mondly is largely the same as Babbel's language learning app, but it is designed to be controlled via a mobile device. Here, you swipe vocabulary cards into the right place or work with the microphone - instead of the mouse and keyboard - to complete cloze texts and dialogues. Mondly likes to experiment with the possibilities of modern technology. For example, the app offers a chatbot with which you can hold virtual conversations and apply the knowledge you have learned. With MondlyAR and MondlyVR, augmented and virtual reality apps are also available, which add a completely new innovative dimension to the respective language course.