I personally prefer to limit the amount of English used while studying another language. With the heavy amount of repetition, you are meant to intuitively pick up the language, memorizing the various sentences as you go.
Here, an English speaker (or whichever language you choose) says a sentence and after a short pause, a native speaker of the language you are learning says it in that language. The native speaker audio sentences are the main focus of each language that Glossika offers.
French for example has more exercises for learners to engage with than Swahili and Dutch learners. While the audios across all of the different languages that Glossika offers cover the same material, the accompanying resources vary depending on the language. Glossika relies on lots of repetition of sentences While I can definitely find some value in using Glossika, the price is too high for what they offer. Perhaps more than other language learning resources, you’ll need to supplement Glossika with other resources to fill in the gaps. There is a heavy emphasis on repetition and while there was a lot of audio from the native speakers of each language, it felt that the accompanying material was a bit haphazardly put together.Īn intermediate learner would pick up some new vocabulary, improve their speaking rhythm and confidence, learn different sentences and generally improve their knowledge of the language. Through this intuitive method, you are supposed to pick up the grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and language structure naturally.Īs such, the resource is unsuitable for beginners and it is much more geared towards lower intermediate learners as you really need the basics before starting with Glossika. Glossika uses a spaced repetition approach whereby you listen to native speakers and repeat what they say after them. Because of this, I was excited to try it out and see what it’s like to use.įor writing this review I decided to look at Italian, French, Dutch, and Swahili to see how they matched up across the board. Few resources cover as many different languages as Glossika does.