Ever get confused when trying to distinguish “heal” from “heel”, what about “principle” and “principal”? Countless accents and varying phonetic sounds make the English language tricky to learn, especially when it comes to pronunciation. ELSA has been designed to help you improve your verbal skills; the app has more than 1,000 lessons covering different topics.

What we love: Everything from mastering small talk at work to making conversation flow on your first date. ELSA curates personalised lessons and provides realistic role-play for you to practise your speaking skills. Using AI, the app can assess your pronunciation and provide feedback on how to improve it.

Quick tip: Tap “Extra information” to expand your vocabulary and reveal the definitions of unfamiliar words and sentence examples.

Meet the creator: In 2015, ELSA was co-founded by Vu Van and Dr. Xavier Anguera. Van experienced some of these challenges after moving to the United States from Vietnam and drew from her personal experiences to create the app.