Glossika (basically a modern pimsleur) is the best app that I've found for practicing a language. If you actually want to learn a language? - find one or thre

Glossika (basically a modern pimsleur) is the best app that I've found for practicing a language. If you actually want to learn a language? - find one or three good textbooks and follow them completely with exercises - find a language exchange, but it won't be helpful for speaking until you know 200-300 words and can speak a little. exchanges can be good for making friends, though. they're great for getting feedback on your pronunciation, speaking, etc, but always take things with a grain of salt. native speakers are not always good teachers. - find graded readers or native content that is catered to early, medium, advanced levels, etc. immersion is really important - use Anki for spaced repetition, to memorize vocabulary (that you found from native content like tv shows / books / etc) - make friends thru language exchanges or apps like Hello Talk / Tandem - in general try to get as much input and output as possible. people usually neglect speaking and listening. - finding a weekly tutor can help you iron out personal issues, particularly with pronunciation Doing an app for a few mins a day is never going to teach you a language to a "fluent" degree, despite what marketing they have. Learning a language requires serious study and practice- speaking (and writing, etc) are muscles that you have to train over time by interacting with real people. I don't consider making a few contrived sentences like "my name is X, i do y for a living, where is the bathroom" to be fluent. Not at all. That's called being barely functional. Real fluency depends on your native language and target language, but requires years and years of work. It's not sexy like the idea of using an app and magically becoming "fluent" in a language.