Assimil - Learn languages 4+
Mantano
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
*** First 7 lessons for free ! ***
100 days to dialogue in a new language with Europe's top language-learning method for beginners or false beginners.
By studying 30–40 minutes a day, in just a few months, you will achieve a level of conversation that will allow you to express yourself comfortably in a variety of everyday situations and business contexts.
The level attained corresponds to B2 (independent user) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or to C1 (proficient user) for the "Perfectionnement" collection
AN INTERACTIVE METHOD
- 110 lessons and corresponding audio (2 hours 40 minutes of audio) recorded by native speakers
- Lively and practical dialogues based on realistic, contemporary situations
- Summary review lessons that allow you to consolidate what you've learned
- Simple grammatical notes and exercises to test your learning
WHY THE ASSIMIL METHOD WORKS
Three reasons that demonstrate the effectiveness of the method:
1. It has been tried and tested by learners for more than 85 years.
2. It has been proven to allow a language to be learned in just a few months.
3. It is based on the unique principle of intuitive assimilation, which has been confirmed by cognitive science.
What’s New
Version 1.2
ADDED
- Share your progress to your friends
IMPROVED
- Smartphone version: continuous playback now available
FIXED
- Download of the full version when interrupted
- Miscellaneous bugfixes
Ratings and Reviews
Just confused
This seems to be an incredible app. My problem is with purchasing. After trying it out I wanted to buy, but I purchased a French/Russian version instead of English/Russian. After getting no response from support I posted a negative review. After more digging I found a way to request a refund and the funds have been put back into my account. It looks as though I have full access to the English/Russian course that I thought was a trial version but there is no way to pay. Maybe I bought this in the past and forgot since I was looking at Russian a couple years ago. It would be nice to have contact with support to resolve these issues. It would making committing to this learning method smoother. My other problem is that I wanted to delete my previous review and replace it with this one and hopefully a five star review if I can ever get all this straightened out.
Would be good it were reliable
I’m a huge fan of Assimil for starting a new language. For clarity: Assimil publishes these courses in books and recordings; Mantano delivers that same content via this and the related apps. This app is a straight transcription of the book and recordings. The convenience and simplicity of doing it through the app would make it marginally better than the book+recordings format.
However, it only works maybe a third of the time the time. Most mornings, I get up, open the app, and watch the pinwheel-of-death spin for five minutes or so. Then I give up and get out the book and play the recordings from my phone while reading along. (Which is essentially all the app does.) This is really frustrating since the Assimil approach works best if you do one lesson per day religiously.
Bottom line: I feel like I paid for the course in Spanish twice - once through Mantano and once through a reputable online bookseller. I regret wasting the money at Mantano. However, if you really want to teach yourself a language, I can’t praise Assimil enough.
Seemed like it would be a great app but didn’t have my language
Since I know from language learners with my target language that the Assimil book is great, I figured the app would be a great way to use Assimil. But the languages are very limited.
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Information
- Seller
- Mantano
- Size
- 94.4 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2019 Mantano
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Assimil French $41.99
- Assimil Italian $41.99
- Assimil German $41.99
- Assimil Spanish $41.99
- Assimil Japanese $41.99
- Assimil Russian $41.99
- Assimil Brazilian Portuguese $41.99
- Assimil Perf. Italien $41.99
- Assimil Occitan $41.99
- Assimil Espagnol $41.99