Michel Thomas Method Review – Avoid At All Costs
Michel Thomas Method
Summary
One of the most famous language teaching courses out there, Michel Thomas is a household name. The platform advertises itself as “The method that works with your brain” and boasts a teaching method “with no books, exercises, memorizing or homework” in several of its course descriptions. It’s available in 18 languages with courses that have material suitable for absolute beginners. I tried out the French foundation course and found it to be severely lacking and as such cannot recommend it at all. You may, however, have more luck with the other language courses that they offer.
Very easy to use, and the audios are decent quality, but I found that Michel Thomas’ discouraging manner flustered students, which detracted from the content’s quality in my experience.
In my opinion, Michel Thomas doesn’t go into much depth and any explanations he offers up are just at a surface level.
I wouldn’t use these even if they were free due to Michel Thomas’ teaching style which ruined the material for me.
I Like
- Um…in all honesty I’m not sure if I enjoyed any of it!
I Don’t Like
- Michel Thomas never praises the students, often interrupts them and creates a negative learning environment.
- The pacing of the lessons often seems off to me and in certain places they feel very hurried.
- I thought all of the lessons were almost identical and so it got quite monotonous working through them.
Price
There are several different courses available with prices ranging from $11.99 to $100.
Before working my way through the French foundation course, I had never tried a Michel Thomas course despite hearing so much about it.
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