{"id":91874,"date":"2017-11-22T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=91874"},"modified":"2020-01-22T11:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T10:42:26","slug":"4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Apps to Help you Learn Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With over 400 million speakers, Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world and the official language of twenty-one different countries. It&#8217;s an extremely useful language to speak, and even though Catalan is the official language here in Catalonia, everyone also speaks Spanish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re interested in <strong>learning Spanish<\/strong> or just want to brush up\u00a0and refine your Spanish\u00a0skills a bit more, applications are a great way to learn without investing much time or money.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> has gathered a list of four of the<strong> best apps for learning Spanish<\/strong> to help you out in your language learning process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related Articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/learn-spanish-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best\u00a0Ways to Learn Spanish for Free in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/#What_apps_to_use_when_learning_a_new_language\" title=\"What apps to use when learning a new language\">What apps to use when learning a new language<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/#Duolingo\" title=\"Duolingo\">Duolingo<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/#Italki\" title=\"Italki\">Italki<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/#Memrise\" title=\"Memrise\">Memrise<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/4-apps-to-help-you-learn-spanish\/#FluentU\" title=\"FluentU\">FluentU<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_apps_to_use_when_learning_a_new_language\"><\/span>What apps to use when learning a new language<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Duolingo\"><\/span>Duolingo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_91875\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91875\" class=\"wp-image-91875 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/25977058862_e3385c02dc_m.jpg\" alt=\"example of learning language via app\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by\u00a0icaroferracini via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Duolingo<\/a> <\/strong>has been the top app for learning Spanish for a long time, with a top rating in the <strong>Apple Store<\/strong> and the <strong>Google Play Store<\/strong>. The app is made up of units with different vocabulary themes such as work, sports, hobbies, feelings, etc. and other units based on grammar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their latest feature enables you to have a conversation with a chatbot, so you can practice your sentence structure, conversation, and writing skills on your phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another nice feature which will give you a bit of motivation is &#8220;Progress Sharing&#8221; where you can add friends and see who is learning the most <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/free-spanish-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spanish<\/a> <\/strong>every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-100575529-13075473\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-100575529-13075473\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Italki\"><\/span>Italki<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.italki.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Italki<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is an app and website which connects you with fellow language learners. You can fill in your details e.g: &#8220;I am a native English speaker with an intermediate level of Spanish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">People who are looking to practice their English <strong>conversation <\/strong>and help others practice Spanish will be able to find your profile and connect with you and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is also the option to work with <strong>online tutors<\/strong> and <strong>read<\/strong> and <strong>write<\/strong> articles in your target language.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Memrise\"><\/span>Memrise<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_91879\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91879\" class=\"wp-image-91879 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/smartphone-1735044_1280-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"telephone with apps\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-91879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Pixabay<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.memrise.com\/app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Memrise<\/strong><\/a> is one of the <strong>best language learning apps<\/strong> out there, especially when it comes to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-learn-a-new-language-barcelona-made-easy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learning<\/a> <\/strong>(and remembering) vocabulary. Like other apps, there are different units like &#8220;Learning Spanish Vocab by Frequency&#8221; and &#8220;250 Most Commonly used Words.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main selling point for Memrise is the way it helps you remember words and phrases. They often give you English phrases with a Spanish word in them so you can make a connection with your own language i.e\u00a0 for &#8220;los\u00a0jovenes&#8221; meaning &#8220;the young&#8221; they might use a sentence like &#8220;Los jovenes are often jovial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/practice-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where to Practice Your Spanish<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-100575529-13075473\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-100575529-13075473\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FluentU\"><\/span>FluentU<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>FluentU<\/strong><\/a> is an <strong>app<\/strong> and <strong>website<\/strong> that&#8217;s very different from traditional ways of language learning. They take real life videos, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/vo-cinemas-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">movie<\/a> <\/strong>trailers, and speeches and put subtitles on them which you can interact with by clicking on the word in order to see the direct translation.\u00a0It&#8217;s a great app for Spanish immersion, very easy to use, and you can dedicate as much time per lesson as you like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are so many apps to choose from when it comes to language learning, but these four are some of the best out there. When you don&#8217;t have time to take a formal class, they can be a great way to help you expand your Spanish vocabulary and practice your grammar a bit each day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you tried one of these apps to learn or improve your Spanish? What did you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"91874\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 400 million speakers, Spanish is one of the most spoken languages in the world and the official language of twenty-one different countries. It&#8217;s an extremely useful language to speak, and even though Catalan is the official language here in Catalonia, everyone also speaks Spanish. If you&#8217;re interested in learning Spanish or just want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":91878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4595],"tags":[7445,8203,8116,7546],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91874"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108184,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91874\/revisions\/108184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}