Learn Spanish Through Pop Music With This App
When I was in kindergarten, our class participated in the exciting50 Nifty United States – songs about, you guessed it, 50 states. Part (and by part I mean 75%) of the song entails chanting the names of all 50 states in alphabetical order. Now, when I am already in my thirties, I have been delighting bar visitors for years with my ability to repeat all 50 states without stopping and flawlessly.
Music is a great way to learn new things. There is nothing like a catchy melody to remember something.
Lirica is an app that uses this idea to learn a foreign language. The app uses the music of artists such as Enrique Iglesias and Elvis Crespo and uses it to learn Spanish vocabulary and grammar. Google recently named the app one of the “Best Hidden Treasures of 2018” on Google Play.
The songs in the app are divided into beginner, intermediate and professional.
In each song, you can choose what you want to learn. For example, when I chose Elvis Crepeau’s Suavemente, I was asked to learn Spanish diminutives, adverbs, present tense verbs, or pronouns.
In each lesson, you learn parts of the language, just like Duolingo or another language learning app, but using music. Each lesson includes short games in which you explore what the song actually says.
You can also just listen to music with subtitles that show you what is being said in Spanish or Spanish, with an English translation underneath.
You probably won’t learn to be fluent in the app, but it’s a fun way to quickly learn new phrases.