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About FluentU
Language immersion is the key to learning a foreign language. FluentU brings language learning to life through language immersion with real-world videos.
FluentU (fluentu.com) has 114 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.6 out of 5.
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Ruby F.
FluentU is a fantastic language…
FluentU is a fantastic language learning app that uses real-world videos like movie trailers and news to teach languages. Its interactive subtitles, personalized quizzes, and diverse content make learning immersive and engaging. Highly recommended for those looking to improve their language skills effectively!
Reply from FluentUJul 31, 2024
Thank you for sharing your positive experience with FluentU! It’s great to hear how real-world videos, interactive features, and personalized quizzes are enhancing your language learning journey. Your recommendation is much appreciated!
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Jonah
The best thing about this app is the…great videos
The best thing about this app is the content. It’s all real, native speaker content, including extracts from the news, interviews, tv shows, documentaries, adverts etc. And there is a lot of it so you can pick and choose the content that interests you. The subtitles and translations for each video are useful and enable you to follow and interact with content that might normally be beyond your level. I also very much like the way it’s learning is structured - you watch a video, then complete exercises on the vocabulary you’ve learned which then pop up as refreshers / revision after a certain number of days so you can revisit them to reinforce what you’ve learned. One small gripe with this is that, as you watch more videos the number of daily revision exercises you get seems to constantly increase. When I first started, I was getting 10-15 revision exercises a day, but after a few months it’s up to 120-150 a day which is incredibly challenging to keep up with. I haven’t found a way of slowing down this avalanche, short of just removing videos once I’m bored of them, which I don’t really want to do. I like the fact that it keeps a clear record of what I have done and been working on.
I’m not sure if it would work for teaching you a language from scratch - the videos seem a bit too random / scattergun to provide the structured learning / progression you would need. I do also find the speech recognition a bit buggy - it seems to have odd moments where it repeatedly tells me “You said XXXXXXXX. That’s not quite right,” where XXXXXXXX is just a load of gibberish that I obviously didn’t say. Sometimes I have to just press continue to accept its version of events and move on.
But all that considered, it’s still a good app, and I’ve broadened my vocabulary considerably by using it every day (ish) for 2-3 months. As I said, it isn’t really a standalone language learning app. Accept it for what it is - useful vocab, reading and listening practice - and use it alongside a structured classroom / learning course for the best results.
And it’s way, way better than Duolingo.
Reply from FluentUDec 26, 2023
Thank you for the detailed feedback, Jonah! We're glad to hear you've found value in the authentic content and structured learning approach. Your insights are important to us, and we'll consider your feedback for future improvements. Keep up the great work on expanding your vocabulary!
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Koda
The best language app
I love FluentU because I can pose any unknown words to find out their meaning and learn and remember them. I also like quizzes after watching each video. If 80% of the year's payment is real after 2 week trial, I will definitely give 5 stars!
Reply from FluentUAug 8, 2023
Glad to hear you're enjoying FluentU's features like vocabulary lookup and quizzes! It sounds like you're having a positive experience. If you have any suggestions or questions, just shake your device to reach us. Happy learning!
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Vera H.
I like their content on blog
I like their content on blog, they are useful and informative. Their paid lessons are interesting too, but a little boring. I have to find motivation for learning.
Reply from FluentUNov 23, 2022
Hi Vera! Thank you for your feedback! Should you have any suggestions, feel free to send us an email at [email protected] so we can help. Thank you!
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Tobi
Fluentu is the best place to learn new…
Fluentu is the best place to learn new languages, but it's a little bit too expensive for Eastern Europe ppl :(
Reply from FluentUAug 8, 2022
Hi, Tobi! Thank you for the kind words and for your honest feedback. This is noted. :)
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Alex H.
It is quite pricey but it does help
It is quite pricey but it does help. One of the better learning apps for sure.
Reply from FluentUMar 29, 2022
Thank you for the feedback, Alex! We're glad you're enjoying learning with FluentU. Should you need anything, just shoot us an email. We're always happy to help. :)