Busuu Review

Busuu is a language learning website that lets you choose a language and take fun vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing, and listening and speaking lessons. It also lets you connect with native speakers of the language, like a social networking website. It allows you to make friends with people, similar to Facebook. You can form groups with different users. There are also games. It appears to be more academically oriented and is based on the common European framework of reference. When you sign up, it asks you what language you speak and which language you would like to learn. The website itself will be in the language you speak. Lesson levels only go up to B2, which is intermediate. The topics are fairly random. For example, a learner of Brazilian Portuguese would learn the vocabulary for skiing, even though skiing is not a common hobby in Brazil. The website tries hard to get you to buy and upgrade. The layout is fun and simple. The best aspect of the website is the ability to connect to and communicate with native speakers. They also have separate lessons for business, travel, and special courses in the language you are learning. When you participate in the exercises, you get something called Busuuberries. With Busuuberries, you can get discounts and buy learning items. Here's a fun video to watch about Busuu: