If you’re a regular listener of the Fluent Show podcast, you know that we regularly recommend our favourite new tools to help language learners. We’ve been doing this for 4 years (40 recommendations below!
For our first 2020 edition, we felt that it was time to revisit every single one of these recommendations to sort out which ones we have LOVED for years now. The results are in, so roll out the red carpet and let’s see who’s in the…
You can listen to our deliberations and discussions of every single top tool and its merits at:
Top Tools Hall of Fame
The best tools for EVERY language learner:
ALL of these top tools have web and app based versions and lots of languages available for you to pick from.
The Beginners Badge for people who want good beginner materials goes to 50 Languages.
The Minority Medal for a tool that is best if you are interested in learning a minority language goes to the LiveLingua Project.
The Goblet of Recognition for a tool that we brought back again and again goes to VOCAB NOTEBOOKS like these. In America, Gregg or Pitman ruled notebooks might do this job for you.
Top Tools Nominees
Here is the FULL list of nominees, including links to every podcast episode and blog article so you can follow our discussions and read more about the tools you like.
Autumn/Winter 2016
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/57
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/the-best-language-learning-tools-of-autumnwinter-2016
- Lyricstraining.com
- Gus on The Go
- TuneIn Radio
- Tiny Cards (by Duolingo)
- Eggbun
Spring/Summer 2017
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/61
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/top-tools-summer-2017
- Clozemaster
- Live Lingua Project
- YouTube in your Target Language
- Subasub
- Charity Shops and Library Sales
Autumn/Winter 2017/2018
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/71
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/language-tools-winter
- Leaflets from tourist attractions and reviews on TripAdvisor
- Libby
- Léa Knows
- Flowlingo
- Lingq
Spring/Summer 2018
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/89
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/podcast-episode-89-language-tools
- FutureLearn
- Babadum
- r/languagelearning on Reddit
- Lingodeer
- Text Inspector
Autumn/Winter 2018
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/109
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/language-top-tools-autumn-winter-2018
- Writing Prompts
- 50languages.com
- Omniglot
- Yask
- Calligraphy Sets
Spring/Summer 2019
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/137
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/toptools-springsummer-2019
- Evertype
- Music Planet Roadtrip
- Insight Timer
- Genius
- Pleco
- Teach Yourself Library
Autumn/Winter 2019
Podcast: https://www.fluent.show/160
Blog: https://www.fluentlanguage.co.uk/blog/toptools-autumnwinter-2019
- FlipWord
- The Indo-European Cognate Dictionary
- Quizklip
- Master Any Language
Enjoy a browse through all these recommendations and let us know which ones you enjoyed the most!