Language Transfer Review – Better Than A Lot Of Expensive Courses

Language Transfer

Rating 4.3

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Summary

The Language Transfer’s courses approach language learning with what has been coined as “The Thinking Method’. These audio courses serve as a great introduction to the nine languages currently available. They go into lots of depth on how each language works, teaching you all of the main grammar points and giving you the tools needed to learn independently and intuitively. For beginners looking to learn a language, these free courses are an effective and efficient way to start your journey.

Quality 4.0

★★★★★

Might look a bit basic but the content is very well designed.

Thoroughness 4.0

★★★★★

The courses don’t follow the traditional learning path but have a lot of depth.

Value 5.0

★★★★★

It’s completely free and better than most paid resources.

I Like

Lessons are efficient in that they cover a lot of material in a short amount of time.
The lessons teach you a mix of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation each time and so you really come away understanding how the language is formed.
Mihalis (the founder) presents everything in a very calm and relaxed manner, thoroughly explaining everything as he goes while encouraging the student who answers his questions.
For each language, the course is created independently and follows its own learning path.

I Don’t Like

While the content is very good quality, it could maybe do with varying the presentation a bit as there are no exercises, quizzes or work for you to produce.
The lessons kind of progress in a strange manner as you don’t follow a traditional language learning route, such as starting off with greetings, etc.
You won’t hear any native speakers on most of the courses and you don’t ever actually hear a conversation.

Price

Completely free, but if you find the courses to be useful, consider making a donation.

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Glossika Review – Not Cheap But Useful

Glossika

Rating 3.6

★★★

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Summary

Glossika has learning resources for over fifty languages that impressively range from Armenian and Czech to Icelandic and Tagalog. While not suitable for absolute beginners, lower intermediates could use the resource to familiarise themselves with sentences in their language of choice using Glossika´s intuitive approach. Listening to native speakers and repeating what they say can help learners to improve their comprehension skills and spoken fluency. While it is amazing that so many languages are included, learners would have to use numerous other resources alongside it. The cost is unjustifiably high.

Quality 3.8

★★★

★

★★

The audio recordings are well made but other aspects could be improved

Thoroughness 3.8

★★★

★

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Glossika covers an impressive number of languages but their method requires you to intuitively learn

Value 3.5

★★★

★

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Polyglots may find the price to be fair but for most language learners it’s not

I Like

There are lots of languages available, including many that are rarely covered by other resources.
The subscription gives you access to all of the languages making it possible to study one language and review another at the same time.
It will force you to speak the language which will improve your confidence and prosody.

I Don’t Like

As all of the languages cover the exact same material, the diversity of the languages and cultures are reduced to a simple formula with no cultural context involved in their teaching.
There are a fair amount of errors in the materials.
The cost is excessively high compared to other resources.
There are no explanations of grammar.

Price

You can try out Glossika´s learning method for free with their week-long trial. Their basic subscription is $16.99 a month. The monthly subscription costs $30.99 a month. The annual subscription costs $24.99 a month and will set you back 299.88$ in total.

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Few resources cover as many different languages as Glossika does. Because of this, I was excited to try it out and see what it’s like to use.

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Earworms Review – A Unique Idea But Lacks Substance

Earworms

Rating 2.5

★★

★

★★★

Summary

Earworms is a unique language resource that relies on audio lessons mixed into music. The theory is that you will find the music catchy and thus remember your lessons easily. The whole idea behind Earworms is the psychological theory of memory association. You would associate some information with the music and thus remember it easily. However, the music used in these lessons will not appeal to everyone, at least it didn’t for me. Moreover, the lack of visual aid and no exercises to assess your skills make it harder. I would only recommend this for people who have failed to learn through other online resources or perhaps someone looking to learn a few phrases before a trip.

Quality 2.0

★★★★★

With a lack of exercises and visual aids, I can’t really say that it will prove to be a useful resource.

Thoroughness 2.0

★★★★★

All the lessons are comprised of various phrases that they think will be useful for anyone willing to learn French. Unfortunately, they’re too shallow and poorly structured.

Value 3.5

★★★

★

★★

With such low utility, it is important to have a low-price tag. Fortunately, they have followed this idea and thus you won’t be losing out too much if you opt for this.

I Like

The repetition of the phrases
Some of the tracks aren’t half bad

I Don’t Like

Tracks aren’t as catchy as I expected
Lack of visual aids
Complete absence of a testing system

Price

Each volume can be purchased as an mp3 download for £10.42 or £31.26.

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When I first heard of Earworms, I was quite intrigued mostly because I know what it’s like to get a song stuck in my head. Compared to annoying lyrics, getting a new language stuck in there sounds pretty appealing.

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