Lingoda : Language Learning

There’s so many ads for apps and websites that promise to make you fluent. And they’re all pretty much just cutesy except Lingoda. I’m pretty obsessed with learning foreign languages as a hobby on my own. And through self study and many years I’ve become fluent in French and Italian. And I am working on my Japanese. And I can tell you hands-down that Lingoda is my number one recommendation to friends and family who also want to learn a foreign. Literally my only complaint about Lingoda is that I wish they had more languages, like Japanese, and higher level classes in Italian. So basically just that I want more!

When learning a language, you need to practice both the passive parts (listening and reading) and the active parts (speaking and writing.) Lingoda allows you to do both by having real quality live sessions with instructors and also accompanying texts and vocabulary support. It is by far the best language learning approach. Even in the age of AI where it is easier now to practice the active parts of language, there is no replacement for human interaction. The Lingoda app is very well organized, full featured and easy to use.

I signed up for the 12 lesson package and signed up for a class. I couldn’t get into the class and the only way to get help is the chatbot. I asked if I could use my iPad to take the classes and was told yes. But it doesn’t work. Then I was told I need to use safari not the app. At this point my class had already started, I switched to safari and when I tried to log into my account I just kept getting a 404 error message. I asked to speak to a real human for help and was told they only have the chat bot or email. I then missed the entire class waiting for a response. I wrote several email and they were of no help at all. I have emailed for a refund and am still waiting for a response. Terrible app. If you can’t take the class on the app what is the point of having an app????