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Mindblowing breakthrough experience
In 30 minutes (4 lessons) with LT, I have learned FAR more Greek than in the past 8 months (hundreds of lessons) with every other language app combined (not to mention numerous other modes of study, including travel in Greece)—no kidding, and no exaggeration. And it’s 100% free. Instead of endless memorization exercises that leverage the dopamine reward system, LT breaks down the language into usable parts and reveals to the learner the necessary cognitive tools that we all already have for using those parts effectively and in endless ways—the feeling of liberation is incredible—for the first time in Greek, my brain and my tongue are actually working together. It is unreal. And it’s all so simple—it’s barely even an app in the usual sense… anyone who is really ready to stop dithering and just learn a language should try this immediately. And someone notify the Nobel Peace Prize folks, because the creator of LT deserves one. This is transformational. I’m excited to learn all the other languages, too—Arabic, Swahili, Turkish, awesome—all of them.Show lessnancyandelmer
Completely shifted my understanding of German
I have been studying german on and off for a few years now, I have taken classes, online classes, speaking classes, and I have even analyzed many of the consonant and vowel shifts myself (as I have a passive interest in language evolution).
I have never ever been able to fully conceptualize the dativ and akkusativ forms until this app. The notoriously difficult german grammar becomes easy when you follow the building blocks presented in this course.
What makes this course different is that Mihalis highlights the architecture of the language, starting from the foundation and building upon it. He has his students constructing full sentences in a foreign language in less than 30 minutes. There is no one else who works this fast or thoroughly. Bravo, Mihalis, you have helped so many people and your work deserves widespread recognition. I share this app with everyone I know who is learning a language.Show lessElliep30
Wanted to like it more
I’m Hispanic so I’m not new to Spanish but I’m far from fluent. I thought to try this app as I wanted a break from my Spanish learning workbook. My issue with this apps method is you have to think in English and then translate to Spanish. And good luck at that if you aren’t a great speller. This method works great on paper but I don’t want to think in both languages. People say memorization isn’t good but I find it works with me but my background makes it easier than most. I might continue using the app because maybe he’ll go over grammar rules in an easy to understand way but as the app is called, his focus is transferring the English language or rather translating it into Spanish. It is indeed very helpful and I’ll definitely note down these transfer rules to use later. I strongly believe grammar should be taught before vocabulary but as long and he reaches that part then this app will still be useful for me.Show lessPeekabobobobo
¡Increíble, verdad!
I love this app so much because it’s clear the creators understand not only the language, but the process of learning a language. Helping my brain make associations with information I already know drastically increases my confidence. It takes the scaffolding your brain has already built around understanding a language and redirects it toward a new one. Brilliant. There’s even commentary in the lessons about what it might be like figuring things out when speaking the language in the wild, what to expect so that your less nervous, and tips and tricks for getting around difficult concepts in the beginning. There are rules that always tripped me up before, and I’m finally beginning to understand them. I love so much that this app is free, but so high-quality, that it motivated me to donate on their website, and I hope everyone who benefits from this app does the same. ¡Gracias por todos!Show lessjasper354
The Missing Piece
I took a few years of Spanish in high school but never took it seriously until recently. Despite trying multiple language learning apps, I felt like my progress was painfully slow—until I discovered this app. Within just the first 7 lessons, I felt like I found the missing piece of the puzzle. Language Transfer doesn’t bombard you with grammar rules and vocabulary to memorize. Instead, it teaches you to understand the language by leveraging what you already know from English! Traditional methods felt like trying to assemble a cake from many small slices. With Language Transfer, it feels like I've been given the recipe to make the whole cake! I cant recommend trying this app enough. The lessons are short, engaging, laid back, but HIGHLY effective.Show lessDdkutteahkpjnhdsy
This is how language should be taught!
I studied Spanish formally for 7 years, and this program helped me understand in only a few lessons intuitions that took me years with traditional study. And even while going over material I already knew, I still learned new aspect about how the language works! To anyone who is starting out, I think this is by far the best place to start with your language journey as they tackle important, relevant concepts first, and they pace the lessons in such a way that you get steady, encouraging improvement. Also hearing someone else make mistakes and figure it out alongside you is so helpful to analyzing your own thought processes. I’m now using this to try out Arabic. Truly an incredible resource, and the fact it’s free makes it even better!Show lessJames P. Joule
More progress in a few hours than 3 years of Duolingo!
I’m a little sad to say this but also excited. I’ve logged over 1100 CONSECUTIVE days in Duolingo and I feel like I’ve really stalled in my learning. A lot of that could be due to the awful changes that Duolingo made. But I randomly found this today and spent a little time in the Spanish section. I seriously feel like I made more progress in about 90 minutes of listening to this than I did in the 3+ years of my Duolingo streak! And there are a lot of other things in it too. I feel like it could have been equally good as a podcast but the app works well too. I’m excited to try some of the other topics as well. It’s great stuff, thanks for making this and keep it coming!Show lessplxc9
Truly a hidden GEM for language learning
I wish more people knew about this app. I’ve used many language learning apps/software over the years – this one is by far the best one. Not only is the teaching style incredibly effective, but the app is also completely free!! There aren't even any ads you have to watch, unlike with the free version of Duolingo.
I’ve done the entire Spanish course on Rosetta Stone, and while it was somewhat helpful in teaching general vocab and grammar, Language Transfer has unlocked the ability for me to actually SPEAK and think in the language much more comfortably. The way it teaches all the different conjugations for verbs is incredible and makes them easy to remember.
Highly recommend this app!Show lessitskajito
Made everything click
I’m very new to it, but I’m trying to learn Turkish. I tried other language apps and resources but it frustrated me how they would jump straight into memorizing words and sentences without explaining how the language works, and to someone used to english and spanish grammar, it was very difficult to understand what was going on. I just found this app and I’m on the first few lessons and Turkish is already feeling a lot less scary to learn, I am actually starting to understand how it works. This app is way better than the no-explanation memorization based apps as it is taking me slowly through understanding the nature of the language. Thank you for making this app free, I would otherwise have no simple way of learning Turkish. It is not the only tool you should use, but the approach of this app is tremendously helpful.Show lessClassical_Guitar_Boi
You made my time in Costa Rica unforgettable.
Thanks to Mihalis (the creator of this app, and the sole teacher and only person behind all of this), I was able to go down to Costa Rica with an old friend and essentially hold conversations about the weather, the police, the locations, travel, time, and food!
I had tried so many other apps like Memrise, Babbel, DuoLingo, Drops, etc., but the sheer fact that I could step into a lesson and see the intricacies of language (particularly Spanish), such as the Latin origins, typical conjugations, irregular conjugations repeating themselves in other verbs (making them not-so-irregular), and explaining how the Spanish sentence structure works has been an incredibly seamless experience that I strongly doubt and have never experienced before. Someday when I’m in a better spot, I can’t wait to support this project!Show lessJalix
