Should You Use Busuu in 2024? | Language Learning App Revisited

Today, I will do an update review of Busuu, since the last video I’ve made about the app is already about 2 years old! We will see what has improved, how Busuu can be a valuable part of your language learning, but also why it shouldn’t be your main resource for your learning.

▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Start
00:42 - The Science
02:31 - App Review
09:04 - Pro’s and Con’s
09:48 - Pricing
10:08 - Conclusion

▬ Resources mentioned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Busuu
https://www.busuu.com/
https://www.busuu.com/de/premium

LingQ
https://www.lingq.com/?referral=Cx4

The Noticing Hypothesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noticin...
https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/PDFs/SCHMIDT...
   • Jack C. Richards on the Noticing Hypothesis  
   • The Noticing Hypothesis in Language Learning  

Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or frequency bias
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequen...

Articles/Papers about the Comprehensible Input Theory by Stephen Krashen
http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/arti...
http://sdkrashen.com/content/articles...

Great Presentation by Stephen Krashen (Videoquality is bad but content is King)
   • Stephen Krashen on Language Acquisition