Updating my one star review
They have a LOT of issues to fix. Contacting customer service is guaranteed. I set up an account that wasn’t being found by lingopie. So I was not able to be remembered after loggin in and I was not able to watch videos after paying. Lingopie created a new account for me and now the app works for me. I love it. This will help me greatly learn Russian.
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Total immersion without traveling!
The best and fastest way to learn a language is total immersion! But even that has its challenges. This TRANSLATES any words you don’t know, creates a video clip/quiz and keeps your list for later review. Ingenious!!!
Love it!
Used this before they had an app and were still a website. Due to them not having a app, it wasn’t easily accessible and hard to save my place. They have so many great shows and even in Spanish they let you know which region the show is (ex: Mexico, Columbia. Honduras) so that you can see the differences. When I cancelled it, I received a email from one of the founders who told me they were sorry to see me go and offered me a student discount and told me they hoped to see me back and that they were planning on getting an app within a few weeks of that. I look forward to restarting where I left off because some shows on here are not only great, funny but it’s very helpful for learning languages.
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A Step in the Right Direction
Immersion learning has always been strange to me as its touted by people who swear it as a singular resource. All you need to do is spend three years watching TV in [language] and you’ll get it eventually!
While I never doubted that watching TV in your target language has it’s benefits, I’d say the struggle really lies in finding content that meets the following criteria:
1) at your comprehension level
2) is something that interests you
3) there is a good amount of content
I have found it very difficult to find engaging ways to implement TV within my own learning journey which has set me back some as far as listening comprehension goes. Upon finding LingoPie, I can say that I have found plenty of things that meet the above criteria.
Within one week and only about 2 hours of TV, I have already added about 300 words into my flashcard reviews. Not only am I gaining a simple flashcard, but used in an authentic way you won’t find in many other locations.
While I never doubted that watching TV in your target language has it’s benefits, I’d say the struggle really lies in finding content that meets the following criteria:
1) at your comprehension level
2) is something that interests you
3) there is a good amount of content
I have found it very difficult to find engaging ways to implement TV within my own learning journey which has set me back some as far as listening comprehension goes. Upon finding LingoPie, I can say that I have found plenty of things that meet the above criteria.
Within one week and only about 2 hours of TV, I have already added about 300 words into my flashcard reviews. Not only am I gaining a simple flashcard, but used in an authentic way you won’t find in many other locations.
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Lingopie just took $70 out of my account today and I haven’t used it since December 2020
I haven’t used it since December of 2020, why did it take $70 out of my account today, Sept 18 2021?? I swear I cancelled my subscription, and never even subscribed to the yearly plan in the first place. I better get a refund for this scam.
Needs work
When using the app for iPhone the greatest feature of the app does not work. That is the script dreaming below the video does not show on the app, that only works if you open the webpage on your phone. Another issue is that you cannot stream the shows from your phone to your television and nor can you stream theShows from your computer to your television, either. This means that in order to use the best functionality of LingoPie it must be used on your laptop or PC. I still gave it three stars because I think that this is an amazing platform for language learning. My only other complaint is that for the German language there really aren’t that many shows available.
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Language learning GENUINELY fun
This app may be better for intermediate to advanced level but it’s honestly the first language app I’ve used to make learning really fun. Sometimes the translations aren’t as exact as they could be, but you get the gist and can learn in a really fun way by watching amusing or interesting shows then turning your new words do Flashcards immediately.
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Would give 4.5 stars if it were an option
A very budget-friendly subscription package with a great selection of tv. Fantastic vocabulary review section of all the queried words allows for easy memorization. An ability to save words to the personal computer and a Mandarin Chinese option would give it 5 stars.
Many languages and easy to use
I love it. I used it when it had just Spanish but now they have more languages to learn.
Exactly what I hoped it would be
I’ve tried learning languages partly by watching tv shows in the language for years, but it’s always been a hassle to find the right kind of show and keep track of the words I don’t know. This app makes all that easy: you can browse through shows, choose exactly the kind of subtitling you want, adjust the playback speed, get definitions of almost all the words by tapping the subtitles, and it keeps track of the words you don’t know, so you can write them down later or practice them in the app.
It’s not an all-in-one language learning app, but what it does, it does really well.
It’s not an all-in-one language learning app, but what it does, it does really well.
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