Foreign Language Easy Readers

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About this app

“Olly’s top-notch language-learning insights are right in line with the best of what we know from neuroscience and cognitive psychology about how to learn effectively. I love his work – and you will too!” – Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers

“As researchers in language acquisition, we need to study people like [Olly Richards]”. – Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California

“Olly’s advice on language learning is the real deal, and I recommend you pay attention to what he has to say!” – Benny Lewis, Fluent in 3 Months

“When we wanted to create a free online course on how to learn a language we asked Olly to write it with us.” – Dr Tita Beaven, The Open University

“Olly bridges the gap between theory and practice by helping you to use scientific principles to get real results with your language learning.” – Anthony Metivier, Magnetic Memory Method

Expand your vocabulary and improve your comprehension in an enjoyable and natural way: Read in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian or English and improve your language learning skills!

The Short Stories collection is designed to give you a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment!

Each foreign language reader gives you:
• Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making learning fun, while you acquire a wide range of new vocabulary
• Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently
• Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability
• Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way
• Vocabulary lists so you can quickly look up unfamiliar words without interrupting your flow.
• Chapter summaries and comprehension questions to help you follow the plot and understand the story.
• Enjoyment! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading or listening in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration – “It's too hard!” “I don't understand!”

The Beginners collection is for students from high-beginner to low-intermediate level (A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference).
Intermediate is for low-intermediate to intermediate learners (B1-B2)! You can also purchase a sample to read a story before you buy the full collection.

Discover the joy of being entertained in a foreign language, while learning new skills at the same time – Short Stories for Beginners in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian or English!

These stories are Ideal for self-study, as well as in the classroom as supplementary learning material. If you are interested in using this content with your students, contact [e-mail]

What the experts say:

“As researchers in language acquisition, we need to study people like [Olly Richards]”. -Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California

“Olly's advice on language learning is the real deal, and I recommend you pay attention to what he has to say!” - Benny Lewis, Fluent in 3 Months

“When we wanted to create a free online course on how to learn a language we asked Olly to write it with us”. - Dr Tita Beaven, The Open University

Ratings and reviews

This app seems to be abandoned or merely poorly developed. Some buttons (like reduce/increase speed) don't work, caching doesn't work. On app start it is possible to resume previous listening and if pressed yes it always starts from the middle of the first downloaded audio. No matter what. In addition, since one week ago, I cannot download audio records, but I can still play them if I press play next button from the first audio on. The app makes you suffer. But at least there are no ads.

Given that the downloaded mp3 files are only playable in the app one would think that the app playback features would be suitable for language learning (select and playback phrases etc). No Windows version which is where I do all my study. Vanilla playback, no appropriate controls, definitely not suitable for language learning. In a nutshell, good texts , app sucks.

The least you should be able to expect from a reading app is that it displays all the text of a book. This app doesn't - words overspill one side of the page and there are no settings I can tweak to fix this. On purchasing a language book on the parent site your only way to download the book is to use their reading app and it doesn't display properly!

What’s new

SDK Updates
Improved Accessibility
Bug fixes