LinguaLift Reviews

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Editor's Rating
Overall
Features
Price
Customer Service

Positives

• Cultural context
• Fun
• Tutors always available
• Customized road map
• Content easy to understand

Negatives

• A bit pricey
• Lack of voice recognition software
• Social media channels not on the website

LinguaLift's founder was always determined to find the best method possible for teaching his students new languages. After moving to Korea to teach English, he found his answer. The main problem students face is not the lack of material, but the absence of direction. To answer this need, he created LinguaLift, a language-learning app that offers thorough courses where students are provided with a personal roadmap created by their tutors. LinguaLift provides courses for five languages: Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, and French. Although this may seem like a small number, each program is meticulously built with tons of cultural content and grammar explanations. LinguaLift's subscription costs $17 a month with yearly installments and provides access to all courses. Better yet, students can try the first three lessons of all programs completely for free before purchase.

Features

LinguaLift may not offer the interactive games found in other language-learning apps, but it compensates with the amount of content and easy-to-understand explanations it provides.

All the language courses were created from scratch in their respective countries. This translates into comprehensive programs that are entirely different from each other and with a huge focus on cultural characteristics. With LinguaLift, students don't only learn the language – they learn interesting facts about the country and its customs. Unfortunately, this also means that the company takes a long time to build each course, offering only the five aforementioned languages at the moment. But other courses are being worked on, and LinguaLift expects to release French, Spanish, and Mandarin soon. LinguaLift launches new programs based on demand. Therefore, if there's a language you're particularly interested in, we advise you to go to the company’s website and make yourself heard.

For languages that don't use the Latin alphabet, LinguaLift starts the course focusing on learning the characters and basic grammar. Although it may seem daunting for some, explanations on LinguaLift are so easy to understand and informal that the entire process ends up being enjoyable. While still learning the basics, new vocabulary is added in small quantities. Besides being a nice change of pace, it's also a great way for students to practice what they’ve just learned.

All lessons have one thing in common: a shadowing exercise and a prize at the end. The first provides exciting videos with natives speaking the language in real-life situations. The idea is to expose students to the language as soon as possible. It's a relaxed but effective way to start recognizing some words while having fun. At the end of each class, there's always a prize that LinguaLift calls “cake”. Typically, this part offers a funny video from the designated country. It can be a silly TV program or a random YouTube video, but one thing is guaranteed: students will blow off some steam and have fun, while still exercising the language being learned.

Although the courses are well thought out, LinguaLift shines the most when it comes to its tutors. While going over the course, students can open a helpful chat and start talking with their tutor. Teachers may help with a specific topic, share further learning material, or even give homework.

Course Structure

As each course is designed considering the language in question, the programs don't all follow the same structure, although there are a few guidelines they all share. Courses are divided into levels that go from basic to advanced, and each level contains around 25 lessons. For example, the Japanese course offers four levels, which means 100 lessons in total. Since each lesson takes about 15 minutes to complete, students can expect to spend approximately 25 hours to complete the course. Naturally, it will take a bit more than that since training is done offline.

Each lesson follows the same path. First, LinguaLift explains the topic. Right afterward, students take a small assessment of what they’ve just read to ensure they've retained the material. The third step is always a nice piece about a cultural characteristic from the chosen country, followed by alphabet and vocabulary exercises. Last but not least, LinguaLift presents two different videos: one for shadowing and the other just for fun.

Since a personal roadmap is provided to each student, everyone will have a slightly different experience while learning at LinguaLift. Not many companies do this, and it's an effective and remarkable way to ensure students learn at their best pace.

Platforms

On the computer, students can only access LinguaLift through its web platform. While the website may feel a bit outdated in places, the same cannot be said about the learning platform. It's modern and very easy to go through.

Doing the exercises is also a piece of cake. At the end of each one, there's a ‘mark done' button that puts a tick mark and leads students to the next lesson. For curious users who can't wait to see what they're going to learn next, a full overview of the course is given in the Library tab. It's also the perfect place to see one's progress.

While studying through LinguaLift, new written characters will appear here and there. Students can click on them to see an explanation of what they mean and some common words that use them. This is extremely helpful, especially for Japanese learners due to the vast amount of kanji used.

The website is mobile-optimized, but Android users can also download LinguaLift's app. There's not much difference between the two options, though. Nevertheless, like the website, the mobile version is modern-looking and straightforward to use.

Pricing

Everything about LinguaLift is intuitive and easy to understand. The pricing is no different. There is only one tier, and users can choose between a monthly or a yearly billing cycle. The subscription offers access to all available courses, as well as a customized roadmap and the Language Learning Secrets e-book, valued at $99.95 and $49.95 respectively. To get the best price, users should opt for the yearly subscription that costs $17 per month – a 43% discount compared to the monthly plan.

We highly advise users to test the service before purchasing it. LinguaLift offers the first three classes in all courses for free, which is enough to get a feel for what to expect after getting the paid version. Students also get a 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. If they're not entirely content with the service, their payment will be refunded right away if requested within 30 days of use.

It's possible to pay for LinguaLift through Discover, American Express, and Visa. Unfortunately, PayPal is not an option.

Customer Service

The best thing about LinguaLift's customer service is having the tutors one click away while taking the course. Not many learning-language apps offer this option, and it improves the learning experience tremendously. There is no live chat on the website itself, though. To reach LinguaLift's support, people can use email, phone, or social media. LinguaLift is present on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Nevertheless, since the service is so straightforward, not many issues are likely to arise, and the FAQ has enough material to cover almost every question that might emerge.

Bottom Line

Few language-learning apps offer the amount of content that LinguaLift does. Lessons are fun, intuitive, and most importantly, effective. Instead of teaching random pieces of vocabulary, LinguaLift offers thorough and structured language courses that not only will help you become fluent, but also teach you about the country’s culture. The programs are designed to explain what you’ll need the most when partaking in real-life conversations with the natives, but there’s space to improve. Although LinguaLift encourages students to speak out loud what’s being learned, we believe speaking exercises with voice recognition software would improve the courses even further. Moreover, recap exercises are exactly the same as the ones provided during the learning session. Because of this, students may end up getting questions right because they’ve memorized the answers and not because they actually know the material. Even so, LinguaLift is an excellent option for people looking to learn the available languages. Prices start at $17 per month and students have access to the first three lessons for free, plus a 30-day money-back guarantee.