Discover the Babbel Method

Every language learner needs a great teacher to pave the way in mastering a new language. This is why Babbel has a world-class didactic method at its core. Our experts obsessed over the strongest academic learning practices and cherry-picked empirically proven, time-tested strategies to teach languages. They then successfully translated a rich didactic encyclopedia into the digital world. The result is a powerful curriculum available at your fingertips — wherever you may be and whenever you want to learn.

Get the shortest path to a real-life conversation

Babbel was among the first to pioneer online language learning, creating a powerful app that combines communicative didactics, cognitivism, behaviorism and constructivism. Progressive lessons are connected together as an interlinking framework, with each step building towards the next. This guarantees learners the shortest path to real-life conversations by:

• Immersing you in a new language through real-life dialogues that get you speaking right away
• Using human voices and speech recognition to get you speaking confidently
• Building each course based on your native language and personal interests
• Employing proven cognitive techniques that move new vocab to your long-term memory

Retain for the long term

Teaching well means understanding and adapting how information is stored in the brain. Cognitive psychology has found that in less than a second, new information sticks to human memory when it is relevant to you. Babbel capitalizes on this by introducing carefully designed sets of content in a way that succeeds to connect. To send information from short-term to long-term memory, Babbel reintroduces words through six memory stages, using the technique of spaced repetition. Our data-driven review manager moves these words through different patterns that are spaced out for the brain to optimally save new learnings. Whether you learn best by reading, writing, speaking, seeing or listening, Babbel addresses all individual needs for both visual and auditory learning types.

Speak instantly with confidence

Employing the latest didactic research, Babbel gives you skills to use right away, enabling learners to immerse themselves in a new language like a native. Instead of drilling abstract sentences, vocabulary or grammar rules, the app teaches through real-life dialogue. Beginners start with typical greetings like, “Hello, how are you,” and gradually build up to practical dialogues like, “How can I book a single room?” This method of learning through conversation also teaches vocabulary actively and passively. Babbel guides your brain to connect the dots by passively learning new information based on the dialogue’s context. This empowers you to actively use passively learned words, giving you the confidence to start talking right away.

Refine your pronunciation

Last but not least, using real voices of native speakers with various accents, Babbel lets you hear how languages truly sound and ensures you speak the same. Speech recognition tools test your pronunciation to make sure you sound like a native and communicate with confidence. Babbel truly understands that authenticity is key to fully exploring a new language.