What is Babbel?
Babbel is both a language e-learning platform and a language learning app. It offers courses at newcomer, beginner I, beginner II, pre-intermediate, and intermediate levels. It doesn’t currently go to advanced levels. Babbel is constantly reviewed and updated by a team of more than 150 language experts who work to ensure that each course remains effective and accurate. All of its audio learning content is produced by native speakers to guarantee that students have contact with the real language. It uses a blended approach to learning. While using Babbel’s Portuguese course, I have practiced

How Many Languages Does Babbel Teach?
I used Babbel to learn Portuguese from English, but you could use it to learn any of the following languages:
Danish
Dutch
English (from French, Italian, German, Swedish, Spanish, Polish, or Portuguese)
French
German
Indonesian
Italian
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Latin America)
Spanish (Spain)
Swedish
Turkish
That’s a total of 14 languages, or 15 if you count the two types of Spanish separately.

Babbel Teaches You to Speak Like a Native Speaker
As I told you before, Babbel makes sure that all its audio content is recorded by native speakers in the target language. This makes for a flawless accent and a clear pronunciation which students can get used to as soon as the first class. It’s true that the words and speech are slowed down and well-articulated, which might not be the case in a foreign country. However, this gives learners the chance to have an easy start and get used to the accent. There’s always time for speeding the pace up later. As someone who learnt two languages out of need rather than just passion, let me tell you why teaching colloquial language first is great. When you travel to a foreign country, your goal is not to get an academic book published in that language. You want to be able to understand what the natives say. And you can’t do that unless you know the colloquial expressions.