Tip of the Week #322 – Learn French or German with Chatterbug!

by | Apr 14, 2025 | Tip of the Week

Forgot to send this on Saturday… so, here I am on a Monday.  

Back in April of 2022, I discovered Chatterbug.com.

In those days, Chatterbug featured live stream language learning nearly every morning.  I loved it.  Then, inexplicably, the live streams ended. 

Fortunately, Chatterbug left the recordings up.  I still use the “live streams” nearly every day to level up in languages.  Especially in French and in German.

If you are learning either of those languages,  I highly recommend Chatterbug.  

The live streams and the recordings are free.  Though it’s a bit frustrating, you can only access these through the free Chatterbug mobile app.  At least the app is free.  And, simple to use.  

The teachers are native speakers and are high energy.  They focus on common, everyday topics.  

May favorite teachers for French are Amandine, and Lorena.  

My favorite German teacher is Lena.

There are Spanish streamers too, but I don’t use Chatterbug for Spanish.  Instead, I use Dreaming Spanish

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