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Perfect your Language Skills with FluentU

by Akhil Kalepu

Jul 12, 2015

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Products / Technology

Maybe you can get to Paris to perfect your French, but maybe not. Whether you do or not, you’ll want to keep the FluentU website and app close at hand as your one-stop site for online language immersion.

 

FluentU offers language learning tools for Spanish, French, Chinese, English, German, Japanese and Italian. The primary FluentU tool is real-world videos in the target language broken down for the learner with vocabulary, structure and more. Essentially, each video becomes a mini lesson with interactive captions and games. The best part is all of the videos are native speakers in actual situations — movie trailers, commercials, music videos.

 

In addition to the videos, there are audio lessons, interactive flashcards personalized to the learner and an app. Not to mention the language blog is full of all sorts of lessons and tips, from how to use poetry to improve your skills to the correct grammatical usage of the gerund.

 

 

There are three plans for the learner. The most basic is a free plan which allows the user to get a glimpse of what the fuss is all about, but doesn’t give them access to all of the materials. An $8/month plan gives learners unlimited access to interactive videos and audio and the iPhone app. Finally, the Plus $18/month plan gives the learner unlimited access to the whole kit and caboodle: video, audio, learn mode, courses, flashcards and PDF printouts. There is also an option for academic pricing for the classroom.

 

For the language learner who is looking for an interactive, online immersion course, FluentU is it.

 

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