HelloTalk: A Language Exchange App on Your Smartphone

Not being able to physically attend language classes, high fees of getting a second language (L2) education, technological improvements, and the variety-demanding nature of modern man have considerably increased the tendency towards the usage of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) applications. Thanks to the MALL technology, many apps have already been launched for a more meaningful learning. Meanwhile, apps with larger user bases are the first choice of the majority of L2 learners, since they provide a more social atmosphere for the users to communicate and share ideas with one another; besides, such apps offer a creative and joyful way of learning which is really popular with young learners. An appropriate prototype of such apps is HelloTalk, and the present paper has been written to review its facets and features.