Michel Thomas Language Library

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About this app

THE METHOD THAT WORKS WITH THE 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 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 language learning website where you’ll find free language lessons, course booklets and beginner, intermediate and advanced audio courses in many languages. 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 the free full-colour course booklet
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.

LEARN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME!
Reclaim your pockets of free time to learn a new language! Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever and wherever you want, in as little or as much time as you have.
HERE’S HOW TO GET STARTED
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!
1. Download the free Michel Thomas Method App
2. Sign in securely with your Michel Thomas Method account (sign up on the website)
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

Ratings and reviews

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.

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.

This review is only for the app, not the courses. The app is very basic, and lacks important features of a standard media playback app. The courses call for frequent pauses of the audio, but this app doesn't keep the screen on, so I often have to unlock my phone to pause. It also doesn't show the media as a controller on the lock screen or in the notification bar, so you have to open the app to pause. Both these issues are annoying and make the app hard to use.

What’s new

Bug Fixes
Improved Accessibility