Babbel Grows Worldwide

And now, Babbel has taken its innovative approach to a new level: you can enrich the collaborative learning experience in real time. The new Board multiplies the opportunities for connecting exponentially.

In addition to Babbel‘s celebrated fun, „intuitive“ lessons, on the new Board, you now can chat about – or in – your learning language. There is a section to check translations, search for alternatives to fixed phrases, or express spelling or grammatical doubts. Up to date, you could create a personal profile and get in touch with other users all over the globe, finding a „Tandem“ partner who speaks the language you are learning as a native, or a „learning partner“ learning the same language. Now you also can get in contact with people living in places you may be traveling, ask for tips or even find a couch to crash on!

Babbel also has just launched full localized interfaces for native Spanish and French speakers, besides the current English and German ones.

And there is more to come: Plans are in the works for a paid, Premium package of Babbel with more extensive curricula, including in-depth grammar and higher language levels. But for the time being, signing up and learning with Babbel is completely free, and its basic level and opportunities for connecting with other users will always remain so.

A playful application, Babbel takes the tedium and inconvenience out of language learning. With a design inspired by a game console, it makes picking up new vocabulary effortless and fun. Truly multimedia, it incorporates user-generated images and, now, human voices, into the teaching of real-life vocabulary. You can practice how to shop for groceries, express your feelings, or flirt. In place of the traditional flash cards, an effective repetition system makes cementing new content easy. Meanwhile, a unique Refresher system tracks your learning progress and reminds you what to review.

The Babbel staff has proven to be a strikingly effective and experienced team. The four founders have a broad professional background in different areas, having worked as CFOs, IT consultants, software developers, product designers, online team managers and assistant professors. Three of them previously founded successful companies, one of which has become a international business with more than 140 employees. An academically trained language didactics expert contributes professional knowledge in design and production of learning materials. Having already worked together in various combinations over the years, the Babbel team developed the site efficiently in only nine months.