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I ran to the free language-learning apps. Want to know how that went? I stuck with it, but I didn’t actually learn anything. I got to thinking, “Maybe there’s a reason why they’re free…” and tried a household name: Babbel.

Learning a new language can be daunting. But right now, you can buy a lifetime subscription to Babbel Language Learning from Stack Social that lets you choose from 14 languages and access more than 10,