Quick Review
Summary
Mango Languages is a pretty good resource with numerous languages available along with their regional variations. It’ll work the best for beginners or for those interested in studying a few languages at the same time. Anybody past the intermediate level won’t find Mango Languages very useful.
Quality
It is well designed, has a beautiful interface, and is intuitive to use.
Thoroughness
There are some gaps in terms of writing and grammar, along with a lack of materials for intermediate or higher level students.
Value
The price is fair and will give you access to materials for over 70 languages.
I Like…
It’s very easy to use and has a slick design.
The intense drilling of useful real life sentences and words during lessons will really help you remember them.
Cultural and grammar notes incorporated in the lessons are well-prepared to help you understand the language you’re learning better.
The subscription gives you access to over 70 languages.
I DON’T LIKE…
Most courses finish around the intermediate level with some less popular languages ending before that.
There’s not enough grammar practice.
During drilling, when a student is prompted to complete a task such as coming up with an appropriate translation of a sentence, the command is read out loud. Listening to someone repeat very similar commands over and over again is tedious.
The Google Translate plugin is a rather lazy and disappointing way to give students answers about words or sentences they’d like to translate.
Price
A subscription to Mango Languages costs $7.99/mo for one language or $17.99/mo for all languages.