Busuu - Wikipedia

Busuu incorporates the communicative elements of social learning into self-study language learning. Through its website and mobile apps, Busuu offers free and ... Busuu FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Languagelearningplatform Thisarticleisaboutthelanguagelearningplatform.FortheendangeredlanguageofCameroon,seeBusuulanguage. BusuuLtdHomepageofBusuuTypeofbusinessPrivateTypeofsiteLanguageLearningAvailable in12languagesListoflanguagesEnglish,Spanish,French,German,Italian,Portuguese,Chinese,Japanese,Polish,Turkish,Russian,andArabicFounded28January2008[1]HeadquartersLondon,UnitedKingdom[2]CountryoforiginSpain[1]Area servedWorldwideOwnerBusuuOnlineS.L.[1]Founder(s)BernhardNiesner,AdrianHilti[1]CEOBernhardNiesner[1]IndustryOnlineeducation,Professionalcertification,Translation,CrowdsourcingServicesLanguagecoursesEmployees~100[3]URLwww.busuu.comCommercialYesRegistrationRequired(free)Users>100millionusers[4]Launched16May2008Current statusOnlineNativeclient(s)onAndroid,iOS,iPadOS Busuuisalanguagelearningplatformonweb,iOSandAndroidthatallowsuserstointeractwithnativespeakers.[5] Contents 1History 2Concept 2.1Languagecourses 2.2Community 3Academicresearch 4Seealso 5References History[edit] BusuuwasfoundedinMay2008byBernhardNiesnerandAdrianHilti.ThecompanylaunchedwithafreeversionofitswebsiteandopeneditsfirstofficeinMadrid.In2009,Premiummembershipwasintroducedtoaccesstoallfeaturesontheplatformandin2010,thefirstBusuumobileappwaslaunched.[6] BusuuisnamedaftertheendangeredlanguageBusuu,spokeninCameroon.Accordingtoanethnologicalstudyconductedinthe1980s,onlyeightpeopleatthattimewerestillabletospeakthislanguage.[7]In2010,BusuucreatedashortlanguagecoursetoencouragepeopletolearntheBusuulanguageusingBusuu.[8] AfterclosingaSeriesAroundof3.5millioneurosfromPROfoundersCapitalandprivateinvestorsin2012,Busuufurtherimprovedthefunctionalitiesoftheplatformandincreaseditsglobalmarketshare.[9]Duringthatyear,thecompanymoveditsofficesandstafftoaLondonbasedoffice.TheheadofficeofBusuuhasremainedinLondoneversince. InMay2016,thecompanylaunchedBusuuforOrganisations,thelanguagelearningplatformforuniversitiesandbusinesses.[10]Usingtheplatform,organisationscangivetheirstudentsoremployeesaccesstoBusuuPremium.Theplatformallowsorganisationstoviewlearner'sprogressanduseoftheappovertime.PersonalisedcourseshavebeencreatedfororganisationssuchasUber.ThisincludedlessonsaboutthespecificcontextsanUberdriverwouldencounterwiththeirpassengers.[11] In2016,itwasalaunchpartnerforGoogleHomeAssistant,offeringvoice-activatedlessonsinSpanish;in2017,[12]itlaunchedavirtualrealityappforlearningSpanish,availablefortheOculusGearandOculusGo,[13]andin2018,BusuulaunchedacomprehensiontestfortheAmazonAlexaplatform.[14] Concept[edit] Languagecourses[edit] Busuuincorporatesthecommunicativeelementsofsociallearningintoself-studylanguagelearning.Throughitswebsiteandmobileapps,BusuuoffersfreeandPremiumaccessto12languagecourses,taughtin15interfacelanguages. BusuuofferscoursesbasedonCEFRlevelsA1,A2,B1andB2.Studymaterialisdividedintothemedlessons,eachbasedaroundcommonconversationalscenarios.[15]Lessonscontainvocabularyandgrammarpractice,pronunciationexercises,interactivequizzesandconversationalpracticewithnativespeakerswhoaremembersoftheBusuucommunity. In2019,Busuulaunchedthird-partycontentwithlessonsfeaturingvideosandarticlesfromTheNewYorkTimesandTheEconomist,toallowlearnerstolearnfromreal-lifeexamplesoflanguageuse.[16] ThroughtheirpartnershipwithMcGraw-HillEducation,learnerscanreceivealevelcompletioncertificatebetweenbeginnerlevelA1andintermediatelevelB2inEnglish,Spanish,French,German,ItalianandPortuguese.[17]Thetestsfocusondialogue,comprehensionandproductiveskills. Thereisfreeaccesstoallcourses,andpaidaccesstoPremiumfeatures.Grammarinstruction,spokenandwrittenconversations,spacedrepetitionvocabularytrainingandotherfeaturessuchasOfflineMode,areonlyavailableforPremiumlearners.[18] Community[edit] Theplatformencouragescollaborativelearningbyallowingmemberstopractisetheirwritingandspeakingskillswithhelpfromnativespeakersofthelanguagetheyarelearning.Alllearnerscorrectoneanother'swork.[19]Theycanconverseviaasynchronousvoicerecordingortextchat.Inthisway,everyBusuuuserisbothstudentofaforeignlanguageandtutorofthelanguagestheycanalreadyspeak. Academicresearch[edit] In2016,researchersfromCityUniversityofNewYorkandtheUniversityofSouthCarolinaconductedastudyintotheefficacyofBusuu'scourses.Theresultsstatedthatlearningalanguagefor22hourswithBusuuPremiumwasequivalenttosittingonecollegesemester.[20][better source needed] Laterin2016,BusuuworkedwithaseniorlectureratTheOpenUniversitytofindoutaboutthebehaviouroflanguagelearnersontheplatform.Theresultsshowed82%ofBusuulearnersconfirmedthatBusuuhelpedtoimprovetheirlanguagelearning.[21] Seealso[edit] Communitylanguagelearning Languageeducation References[edit] ^abcde"BusuuOnlineSL-CompanyProfileandNews".bloomberg.com.Retrieved14April2020. ^"BUSUULIMITED-Overview".companieshouse.gov.uk.Retrieved14April2020. ^"Busuu-LinkedIn".linkedin.com.Retrieved14April2020. ^"LanguageplatformBusuuacquiresvideotutorstartup,nowplansIPO".techcrunch.com.Retrieved14April2020. ^"BusuuOnlineS.L.:PrivateCompanyInformation-Businessweek".investing.businessweek.com.Retrieved22October2012. ^Jolin,Lucy(2017-03-07)."FrombusuutoBabbel,language-learningstartupsadapttothrive".theGuardian.Retrieved2018-09-12. ^Ltd,HymnsAncient&Modern(March2005).ThirdWay.HymnsAncient&ModernLtd.p. 33.Retrieved1January2011. ^"Savebusuu".busuu.com.Retrieved2019-01-12. ^"LanguageLearningPlatformbusuuRaises€3.5MSeriesARound,MovestoLondonToScaleUp".Retrieved20October2012. ^"busuuforOrganisations".Retrieved23January2019. ^"UberoffersUKdriversfreeEnglishcourse".Engadget.Retrieved16February2017. ^"LearnSpanishwithbusuuonGoogleAssistant". ^"LearnSpanishinVRwithbusuu".4May2018. ^"busuuplugsinto'intelligentassistants'".4May2018. ^"Findyourlevel". ^"busuulanguageappnowoffers'NewYorkTimes'and'Economist'courses".Retrieved24January2019. ^[1] ^"BussuFreeversusPremiummembershipmatrix".Archivedfromtheoriginalon2011-10-18.Retrieved20August2012. ^[2] ^Thebusuuefficacystudyviacomparelanguageapps.com ^Autonomouslanguagelearningthroughamobileapplication:auserevaluationofthebusuuapp Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Busuu&oldid=1051139578" Categories:BritisheducationalwebsitesInternetpropertiesestablishedin2007LanguagelearningsoftwareMultilingualwebsitesSocialnetworkinglanguage-learningwebsitesHiddencategories:ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataAllarticleslackingreliablereferencesArticleslackingreliablereferencesfromOctober2021 Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherprojects WikimediaCommons Languages العربيةБългарскиCatalàDeutschडोटेलीEspañolFrançaisItalianoनेपाली日本語PolskiPortuguêsРусскийСрпски/srpskiSuomiTürkçeTiếngViệt Editlinks