US expat creates innovative Spanish learning app to compete with giants like Duolingo [Video]

AN American expat has created an innovative Spanish learning app to compete with the likes of Duolingo and Rosetta Stone. 

Tyler Cole, 34, had been trying to learn Spanish for years but still felt lost when surrounded by native speakers. 

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The American expat has now created a groundbreaking language learning app to help others become fluent like him. 

Palteca uses techniques backed by research to immerse users in Spanish and learn it as if it were their native tongue, using association, context and memory to learn new words and phrases. 

Madrid based Cole told the Olive Press: “I found myself in this vicious cycle of going to a Spanish speaking country, coming back super motivated to learn, but getting frustrated and giving up after a few months. 

“I tried everything- traditional teaching methods, books, a …