![]() Whether you’re Filipino and learning French, or Spanish and learning Swahili, it’s doable with uTalk. With uTalk, there’s 20,000 possible language learning combinations. Spanish speaker wanting to learn Japanese? ![]() 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 is a games-based app which helps beginners learn how to pronounce and recognise around 2,500 useful words and phrases in any of 146 languages.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. UTalk is proud to support Manx, and the company recorded the language in 2017 and added it to its app with the help of speakers and translators from the Isle of Man. The three highest scoring competitors will win free language learning content on the uTalk app. The quiz will involve 24 questions divided up into three rounds: knowledge of the Manx language, quirks of the language/the Isle of Man and “spot the difference” between the Celtic languages. Quizmaster Charlotte Donnelly of uTalk says: “We’re looking forward to sharing a fun Friday night with anyone who’s interested in putting their language skills – or their best guesswork – to the test!” To enter just sign up at uta.lk/manx-quiz and you will be sent a link to the event, which will take place on Zoom, an hour before the Friday evening start time. The free online event which runs from 9-10pm is hosted by language learning company uTalk as part of the month-long celebration of the Manx Language, called Gaelg21.Īll the questions will have multiple choice answers and selecting the correct answer quickly will earn you extra points. The countdown to uTalk’s Manx Quiz Night on Friday 18 June has begun and everyone’s invited!
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