Talk Like a Native with These 15 Italki Alternatives for Language Learning

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Italki

Italki can help you connect with a native speaker to serve as a teacher or tutor. Teachers and tutors can present you with targeted instruction to help you meet your learning goals. You can also find language teachers and tutors through the following services.

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FluentU

With FluentU, you hear languages in real-world contexts—the way that native speakers actually use them. Just a quick look will give you an idea of the variety of FluentU videos on offer:

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YouTube

YouTube may be your favorite way to kill a few minutes with fun videos you’ll want to share with your friends, but it can also be your ticket to language learning success.

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Langcer

Students can use Langcer to connect with language teachers free of charge. Think of it like a matchmaking service. You can use it to connect with a teacher, but where you go from there is up to you.

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Preply

Preply is also flexible. Tutors are available 24/7, so you can schedule lessons that work for you. Lessons are transmitted via video through Preply, so you can access them from whatever location is convenient for you.

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Rype

If you’re not sure if private lessons are right for you, you can try Rype’s free seven-day trial to see how you like it.

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AmazingTalker

Want to make sure your language tutor has been thoroughly vetted? AmazingTalker interviews its tutors and verifies their profiles. The program requires that tutors have teaching experience or teaching certificates and provides its tutors with additional training. Not only that, but you’ll have access to introduction videos, resumes and student feedback to help you select your ideal tutor.

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Live Lingua

It’s hard to go wrong with Live Lingua’s flexible, personalized lessons. One thing that really sets Live Lingua apart from other services is that you don’t even have to select your own instructor, so it’s perfect for anyone with analysis paralysis.

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Verbling

On the surface, Verbling may seem a lot like other tutor services, but there are a few things that set it apart. For one thing, Verbling presents you with additional language tools, such as vocabulary review and collaborative textpads. And because learning a language can get lonely, Verbling can also help you connect with a community of other language learners for a little extra moral support.

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Tandem connects language learners with native speakers around the world for some great conversation through your smartphone. Not only does Tandem allow video chat, it also offers instant messaging, photo sharing and voice messaging to give you more ways to connect with your partner.

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Bilingua

In addition to language exchange, Bilingua provides additional tools to help you perfect your skills. For instance, the app’s chatbot can help you learn new words. And if you run out of conversation topics with your language exchange partner, try out a game in which you can earn points and rewards in the app.

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HelloTalk

HelloTalk provides voice, video and text chat. Not only that, but helpful tools such as translation aids, pronunciation, corrections and transliterations can help make the language exchange process less nerve-wracking.

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Mixxer

Ever wish you could have a native speaker correct your written work? The Mixxer offers that, as well.

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My Language Exchange

Once you’ve found your perfect partner, My Language Exchange can hook you up with lesson plans, text chat rooms, links to free voice chat rooms, hangman word games and so much more. With so many resources, your language exchange never has to have a dull moment!

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Polyglot Club

Polyglot Club provides online chatting, a search feature to help you find friends and the option to post text for native speakers to correct. However, Polyglot Club also offers a feature rarely seen on conversation exchange websites: in-person interaction.

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HiNative

Okay, so HiNative isn’t quite a language exchange program. But if your reason for wanting to interact with native speakers is to ask them your most pressing language questions, HiNative is a quick, easy solution.

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