Michel Thomas Language Library 4+

Learn languages naturally

Hachette UK (BP)

Designed for iPad

    • 4.2 • 155 Ratings
    • Free
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

THE METHOD THAT WORKS WITH YOUR BRAIN

Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The Michel Thomas Method, perfected over 50 years by psycholinguist Michel Thomas, is in tune with the way the brain prefers to receive, store then retrieve information. You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it!

This is the official Library App that accompanies the Michel Thomas Method. With this app you’ll be able to:

• Learn Egyptian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish
• Listen to your free lessons and full courses you download to your language learning Library
• View and use the free full-colour course booklet for each course

WHY IS THE METHOD SO SUCCESSFUL?

'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas
Before there was machine learning, there was Michel Thomas. For over 50 years he worked on decoding languages by breaking them down into their most essential component parts. These ‘building blocks’ are introduced to the learner sequentially in such a way that you reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. This unique method draws on the principles of instructional psychology. Knowledge is structured and organized so that you absorb the language naturally and don't forget it. The method allows the brain to work in the way which accepts learning in a seemingly painless, very exciting and highly motivating way.

HOW DO THE COURSES WORK?

‘All stress inhibits true and effective learning’ – Michel Thomas
During a course, you will join a Michel Thomas Method teacher and two students in a live lesson, learning from both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. You, as the learner, become the third student and participate actively in the class. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or stress of having to memorize. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary.

HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED

Join 5 million people who have learned a language with the Michel Thomas Method and get speaking a new language today!

1. Download the free Michel Thomas Method App
2. Sign in securely with your Michel Thomas Method account
3. Choose a language from the website to trial or purchase. Download and listen from your Michel Thomas Method app

WHAT OUR LEARNERS ARE SAYING

‘The thrill is that you’re actually figuring it out on your own. You’re engaging with another language,
not just parroting it… It’s an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann
do dis.’ -David Sedaris, New Yorker

I’ve used Michel Thomas to get off the starting block for French, Italian and Spanish and I’m always surprised by how much I can say after only a few hours of listening. - Katie Harris, Blogger joyoflanguages.com

“ I experienced the same sort of pleasure that you got from suddenly getting a crossword clue right or cracking a code...the finger-snapping moment of, Oh My God! I’ve just understood what you’ve said to me in Spanish!! ” - Peter O’S. Løvstrøm, Actor


The above description has mentioned this :- "If you’d like to purchase a course, please visit the website and join 5 million people who have learned a language with the Michel Thomas Method and get speaking a new language today!"

What’s New

Version 2.2

Bug fixes.
Stability improvements.

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
155 Ratings

155 Ratings

HelenMarieM ,

Handy app

I love having the lessons on my phone so I can listen and learn as I am going places or doing jobs like washing up. It’s great being able to re-listen to bits that are challenging as often as you want. The way you learn words and how to build them into phrases makes learning a language seem straightforward and achievable and I’m amazed at how much I have learnt so quickly.

While it’s great having the flexibility to practise at my own rate, I know from listening to the ‘other students’ in the lesson that sometimes that comes out of your mouth is not quite what it is meant to be. Now I know a lot more about vocabulary and sentence structures there is no replacement for getting real feedback on my speaking from a natural speaker so that will need to be a next step beyond the course.

MWilkes90 ,

Useful but some UX issues

While it’s very useful to have the audio available in an app, The app struggles with the very necessary requirement to play/pause

Pros:
- Really useful to have all of the audio in an app, audio can be downloaded offline so great if you’ve not always got access to data etc
- Great to have the audio and resources available in the same place, resources can be accessed while the audio plays fairly easily.

Improvements:
- This may be a bug, play/pause doesn’t work as expected while the iPhone is locked. I’ve noticed when you pause from the Lock Screen, it actually skips back 30 seconds which can get confusing. While I can work around the issue by keeping the app open, it means I have to keep the app open at all times.
- Sometimes while inside the app, the play/pause button shows the ‘play’ icon instead of the ‘pause’ icon and the audio bar is frozen in the wrong place. Pressing the play/pause icon still seems to act as it should but not clear where you are.
- Once listening, going back to the list of audio isn’t very easy, the ‘chapters’ button is very low down on the bottom right corner making it really hard to press.
- It would be useful to have some sort of placeholder to remind you where you’ve got up to if you have to come back.

Pete Hp ,

My Personnel Comments

I have been trying to learn French for over 45 years. My wife comes from Mauritius and therefore I wanted to make her family understand me in their language.
Over the many years I have managed to communicate with all her family with the very little French that I have learned doing reasonably well but I wanted to do much better and speak it fluently. My reading and writing French was far better than my spoken French.
Since I have started this course my spoken French has improved substantially and I am now quite confident in communicating with my Wife.
I have decided to continue with this method of teaching me French and have decided to advance to the next stage of learning.
It has been a pleasure doing this course and will certainly recommend this to my family and friends.

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