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

it works fine, and is very helpful hearing the text as i read along in the book. the interface is a bit clunky and slow, but hey it's not a video game, it just needs to deliver clear crisp audio which it does just fine. i also like that i can slow the audio down which is helpful when learning a language. i am glad to have this app.

Stories are good and audio quality is great, but app needs some quality of life improvements. Stopping audio playback needs to be much easier. Most audio apps have a pause button on the lock screen, this app does not. You must unlock the phone and open the app in order to pause. Most apps stop playback if headphones get detached, this app does not. If headphones get detached, playback continues on the phone, this can cause trouble in inappropriate situations. Much rather download an mp3

The 1st letter of every line is off the side of the screen. I can manage the story like this but not the glossary. I have a Samsung edge - I assume App is not compatible with my phone. Also, the app doesn't remember where I got to in the book, and I can't get bookmarks to work properly. So I have to go to the last section I was reading, via the contents page, then turn the pages to get to the right place. I wouldn't use this App if I could get to my paud for book any other way.

What's new

Upgraded to In App Billing Library 3.0