Michel Thomas Language Library

2.7
161 reviews
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Everyone
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About this app

*****‘An invaluable resource.’ – Elena

*****‘I have tried everything! Any language learning system, approach, method...all of them. None of them hooked me like this.’ – Caleb

*****‘Absolutely flawless […] If you’re an auditory learner, like me, this man can teach.’ – Kathleen d

The Michel Thomas Method Languages app makes language learning easy! Go from absolute beginner to confident speaker – all without books, homework or having to memorize anything. The stress-free Michel Thomas Method teaches you a foreign language in weeks, not years. Trial 20 minutes of any language for FREE (no card details required). You’ll stick with it because you’ll love it.

HOW TO GET STARTED

1. Choose a language from our website to trial for free, or purchase, and sign up for an account.

2. Download the free Michel Thomas Method App.

3. Sign into the app with your account, download your course and start learning!

Ready to move up to the next level? Find your next course on our website and continue learning!

THE METHOD THAT WORKS WITH YOUR BRAIN

'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' – Michel Thomas

Based on Michel Thomas’s 25 years of extensive research on how the brain best learns and retains information, and perfected over another 25 years of teaching with students, academics, professionals, politicians and Hollywood stars. The highly acclaimed Michel Thomas Method courses provide an accelerated method for foreign language learning that will have you speaking a language in whole sentences right from the start. You will quickly build a solid foundation and gain a deep understanding of the language, and be motivated to carry on due to your phenomenal progress.

HOW DO THE COURSES WORK?

‘All stress inhibits true and effective learning’ – Michel Thomas

During your course, you will join a Michel Thomas Method teacher and two students in live lessons, 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.

Michel Thomas Method courses are the perfect foundation for anyone looking to start their language learning journey, continue their journey, or for those who have failed to learn a

language in the past or lack confidence speaking. We offer courses from beginner to high intermediate level.

The courses make it easy and convenient to fit language learning into your daily routine in whatever time you have. Let go of the tensions and anxieties traditionally associated with language learning, and enjoy it.

WHY IS IT SO EFFECTIVE?

You will learn the language naturally, as you learned your own, by listening and speaking, rapidly building your confidence and improving your fluency. The language is broken into essential building blocks which you reconstruct to create sentences, absorbing the vocabulary and grammatical structures almost effortlessly, to say what you want, when you want. You will enjoy the language learning process as it creates real excitement – you’ll speak the language immediately and experience a constant sense of progress through your new understanding.

LEARN UP TO 19 LANGUAGES:

Arabic (Egyptian)
Arabic (MSA)
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Hindi
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Mandarin (Chinese)
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Join 5 million people who have learned a language with the Michel Thomas Method and achieve your goal to speak a new language today!

Any questions? Contact us at support@michelthomas.com

Michel Thomas Method® is a registered trademark of Michel Thomas, used by Hodder & Stoughton Limited (a division of Hachette UK) under exclusive license.
Updated on
Oct 17, 2025

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Ratings and reviews

2.8
154 reviews
Chris Hudson
February 5, 2024
This is a good app for learning a language. You can read and listen to the language. It remembers what track you last listened to, but does not remember what page you last read. So my only suggestion for improving it would be to make a bookmark or sticky feature so that you don't lose your place in the reading portion of the app. (EDIT: there is a bookmark feature, but it doesn't jump to your bookmarked page, you have to flip through pages to get to the bookmarked page). It's a good app overall.
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Dan Dahlberg
June 27, 2021
The app is not as bad as the reviews make it out to be. I had no issue downloading the sections for the course and playing them. I don't know about the bug stated in one review that occurs when the phone falls asleep; if you're not pausing the course regularly, you're not following the course instructions. I wish the previous and next track buttons were further away / different place from the pause and rewind buttons because they're infrequently used. Suggest adding -10 / +10 second buttons.
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Elena
June 28, 2020
This method of language learning is so helpful for me (I'm learning Japanese). The pace of learning is slow but it's so easy and effortless. You'll never struggle to remember what you're learning. There are grammar explanations, cultural tips, and the benefit of having a native speaker. It's an invaluable resource. You must download each file to listen to it, which is fine except that I haven't found a way to delete them after. I wish they had a written language guide too (kanji is a nightmare).
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What’s new

Bug Fixes
Improved Accessibility
Read Progress Sync across all devices
Audio Streaming