A Mondly Italian alternative (works better for speaking)

Mondly Italian

Mondly is a language-learning app developed by Alex and Tudor Iliescu in 2013.

It has soon established as one of the most popular and used apps for learning a foreign language. Currently, the app supports 41 languages and has over 100 million users.

There are new versions of the app (MondlyAR, MondlyKIDS, MondlyWORKS, etc.). In this post, I’ll focus only on Mondly (the original version).

Using Mondly is easy: you can just download the app and start learning without an account. Creating an account allows you to save your progress and use the app on different devices.

Learning Italian on Mondly is fun and engaging since there’s a very interactive interface, and you can access short daily lessons about a wide variety of topics.

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Your language skills

How would you rate your skills in your native language?*

I keep my sentences simple; my vocabulary is limited

I can communicate effectively in my daily life, but I'm not comfortable with long or difficult texts

I'm confident speaking and writing about topics I'm familiar with; I can understand complex texts with some effort

I can write and speak correctly about various topics; I regularly read complex texts like newspaper articles

I can explain virtually anything in the right words; I can deal with very complex texts like scientific papers

How would you rate your skills in your native language? is required.

Were you raised bilingual (or more)?*

Were you raised bilingual (or more)? is required.

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language?*

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language? is required.

Do these languages include any language that is similar to Italian?*

Have you ever reached an intermediate proficiency in a foreign language? is required.

Namely French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Romanian.

How old are you?*

  < 1011 - 2021 - 3031 - 4041 - 5051 - 6061 - 7070 +

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Your current Italian level*BeginnerElementaryIntermediateUpper-intermediate

Your current Italian level is required.

Set the target level higher than your current one.

Elementary: Can communicate in simple and routine tasks.
Intermediate: Can deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling.
Upper-intermediate: Can interact regularly without strain with native speakers.

Your target Italian level*ElementaryIntermediateUpper-intermediateAdvanced

Your target Italian level is required.

Set the target level higher than your current one.

Deadline*

Deadline is required.

Based on your weekly time commitment, you need extra days to meet the deadline.

Example: your next trip to Italy.

Choose a study schedule*

Intensive 14 Hour/Weekly Commitment

Regular 7 Hour/Weekly Commitment

Free 5 Hours/Weekly Commitment

Deadline is required.

In order to meet your deadline, you need to commit extra hours/week.

Yes! If you follow the plan, you'll be speaking Italian at Advanced level by .

Intensive

In the intensive plan, you commit 2 hours per day.

Diversify your study activities to cover all the language skills that you need: speaking, listening, writing, and reading.

Even though you could argue that more your study, the faster you learn, I wouldn't recommend studying more than a couple of hours a day because the gain from extra time gradually gets smaller.

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Regular

With a regular plan, you practice 1 hour a day, every day.

Taking 2 live 1-on-1 lessons per week with a qualified teacher or an experienced native tutor is a good pace to practice speaking and get feedback.

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This plan is the closest to the one I follow myself and I can assure that you'll make steady progress.

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Free

There's plenty of free resources online to make the free plan viable.

You need to substitute paid 1-on-1 tutoring with language exchange with native speakers or find other venues to practice speaking. This can be time-consuming and you need to make up for lack of guidance with self-study.

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After you submit this form, you'll receive the results in your mailbox and will see the study schedule based on your level and the plan that you selected.

These questions below are not used to create your study plan, but I'd love to know more to make my service more relevant to you!

What's your reason for learning Italian? *

Hobby

Work

Study

Relatives / significant others

Travel

What's your reason for learning Italian? is required.

How long have you been studying Italian? *

Less than 1 month

1-2 months

3-5 months

6-12 months

1-2 years

More than 2 years

How long have you been studying Italian? is required.

What are you struggling with? *

I just don't know how to study a languageI'm embarrassed because I can't speakI'm frustrated because I'm wasting time and moneyI'm nervous because I make mistakesI fear that it's too late to startI regret that I don't have timeI feel discouraged because I can't travel or live in ItalyI fear that I'll forget after I quit studyingNothing, I'm confident in my abilities

What are you struggling with? is required.

Gender *

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Your first name*

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Topics include greetings, sports, shopping, public transportation, emergencies, business, travel, and many more. This means that you can really learn useful sentences that you can apply in real-life situations.

What’s wrong with Mondly

If you want to uncover Mondly’s full potential, it is much better to use the Premium version, as the Free version is very limited.

Said so, Mondly offers a broad variety of short, interactive, and engaging lessons and exercises. They help you learn useful Italian sentences. However, there is little focus on grammar.

There aren’t many explanations about grammar rules, which may be a limitation – especially if you want to understand how the Italian language works and get to an advanced level.

Also, there is not too much emphasis on speaking skills. There is a chatbot with which you can interact and record your answers.

However, the interaction is limited to recording your voice and listening to some suggested sentences, and you don’t really have a guide to follow.

I would say that Mondly is a great option to learn useful Italian sentences and vocabulary in an engaging way, but it offers few options to get to an advanced level of grammar and speaking.

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A Mondly alternative for the Italian  language

If you want to skip Mondly’s flipsides, I’d advise you to use an app that provides you with grammar insights and gives you the chance to practice your speaking skills.

In this sense, I believe Think In Italian services can be a good alternative to Mondly.

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The website offers a broad set of Italian grammar lessons where you can find detailed explanations of how Italian grammar works.

Also, there is a lot of focus on speaking skills, as the idea behind Think In Italian is that the best way to learn a new language is to speak it.

You can find Italian audio lessons (Ripeti con Me) where you can learn new Italian sentences and master the correct Italian pronunciation.

The audio lessons work this way: you listen to a sentence in Italian and have to repeat it after a short time interval.

This approach, based on spaced repetition technique, allows you to retain new words and phrases as you give your brain the time to actively process the information.

With Ripeti con Me, you are constantly prompted to speak, and your brain is always stimulated to process the information you hear (instead of passively repeating it).

Additionally, the platform offers many Italian conversations and short stories (Leggi con Me) together with slow audio, an Italian transcript, and an English translation.

In conclusion, Think In Italian is a valid alternative to Mondly to learn Italian in all aspects (with a particular focus on speaking skills) and boost your fluency.

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