The app Duolingo allows users to learn a language for free in a fun, easy way. It is simple to download and install onto a phone or tablet, and it is available on both the App store and Google Play store.

It currently offers five different languages for English speakers to choose from, including Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Italian. The app also gives Portuguese, French, Spanish and Italian speakers the option to learn English. Users simply select the language they wish to learn, create a user name and password and then users are all set to learn.

The app is set up similar to a game. It divides the language into different categories, such as food and then each category is divided into three of four lessons.

When users start a lesson, they are given a number of hearts, or “lives.” Each time users get a question or exercise wrong, they lose one. If the user loses all of his or her hearts, then he or she has to start the lesson over. Each time users complete a lesson, they are awarded points which allow them to level up in the language.

Users can choose to strengthen skills outside of completing a lesson or even to choose to “test out” of lesson or category if they know some of the language already. The app encourages users to keep learning the language by giving them the chance to compete against friends and by sending device and email reminders to practice the language if users have not logged in recently. However, the app does not spam either the device or email.

Each lesson consists of different types of questions and exercises. They are designed to teach users not only how to speak and respond in the language but also how to read and write it as well.

Some exercises require users to translate the foreign language into English or to write what they are hearing. If users allow the device to use their device’s microphone, then it can also ask the user to read words and sentences aloud to it. The app will pronounce the words repeatedly throughout the lesson as often as the user chooses. The user can listen to the individual words or the whole phrase itself.

The app does a great job of teaching users the names of things and how to pronounce them. Each lesson focuses on learning certain new words and creating sentences and phrases using both those words and words from past lessons. Unlike most high school and college language courses, the app does not focus on teaching the formal language. Instead, it teaches the user the language he or she would actually use to communicate with native speakers.

This app is not perfect, however. Languages such as Spanish and Italian have different verb endings. While the root of the verb will always remain the same, the ending of the verb will vary depending on whether one is referring to I, you, we, him/her or them. While the app does explain that the verb endings change, it does not teach the user when and how to use them very well.

Overall, Duolingo is an excellent choice for learning another language. It makes the language simple to learn and remember. It does a pretty decent job of teaching the language. It teaches the user to speak, read, and write the language. Also, it is free for users to download.

The app requires the user create an account to save his or her progress. It gives users the option of creating a new account or using their Facebook account instead.