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Master a new language confidently and at your own pace with the Michel Thomas Method.

Build a solid foundation for your chosen language with the highly acclaimed Michel Thomas audio course! By working with how your brain best learns and retains information, you’ll be speaking full sentences right from the start by gaining a deep understanding of a new language and be motivated to carry on. The courses are also perfect for those continuing their learning journey, an intermediate learner looking to improve their skills, or for those who have failed at learning a language in the past or lack confidence speaking. We offer courses from beginner to high intermediate level across 18 languages.

Why is it so effective?

With the Michel Thomas Method, the trick is making the most of what you already know – you will learn a new language as effortlessly as you learned your own. By building your confidence and improving your fluency at a pace that suits you, you’ll be able to quickly absorb grammar and vocabulary to reconstruct your own sentences from the start. This tangible sense of achievement propels you to keep learning and to absorb grammar and vocabulary as you go.

Well-loved by academics to actors, politicians to business people, the Michel Thomas method has been developed from over 25 years of extensive research from polyglot linguist Michel Thomas himself.

How does it work?

The all-audio courses make it easy and convenient to fit learning into your daily routine in whatever time you have. Simply make yourself comfortable, relax and try to let go of any tensions and anxieties you might have had about learning a new language. You will learn your chosen language along with two students who did the course live, hearing both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. The beauty of our audio-based course is that you can learn your chosen language at a time, place and pace that suits you – be it French whilst fishing, Hindi whilst hiking or Korean whilst cooking.
 

Michel Thomas Language Library App

The Michel Thomas Language Library app accompanies michelthomas.com. On this app you can download website purchases, booklets or free lessons into the app for offline learning on the go. It is available for iOS here and Android here. Purchases are not possible within this app.

This is the official Library App that accompanies the Michel Thomas Method. With this app you’ll be able to:

Learn Egyptian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

• Listen to your free lessons and full courses you download to your language learning Library
• View and use the free full-colour course booklet for each course

Please note you can also stream courses directly from www.michelthomas.com via My Library

Languages with Michel Thomas App

On the Languages with Michel Thomas app, you can listen to the courses in the stress-free environment of the Learning Room, specifically designed for relaxed and mindful listening. Learn at your own pace by setting goals and reminders which can be easily adjusted to suit your needs and track your progress with the help of the Flashcards and Phrase List areas.

Like the courses themselves, this new app has been designed in consultation with a brain scientist from Boston University and a behavioural change expert to make sure that you remain motivated and engaged.

This app gives you the chance to truly learn a language for good by becoming part of a community of language learners.

Courses range from beginner to high intermediate levels across 16 different languages, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Egyptian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Hindi, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese, with a 15-minute trial course available for all language courses.

The android (via Google Play Store) and iOS (via the App Store) courses are separate products. Courses are not transferable.

Note that if you purchased courses directly from our website, you need to use the Michel Thomas Language Library app.

Physical Formats

Michel Thomas courses in physical CD format are no longer being sold directly from michelthomas.com but can still be purchased from third party suppliers. Note these courses are separate from the online audio courses and app courses and are not transferable.

The Terms and Conditions for Licensing Digital Content for the Michel Thomas apps can be found here.

Key Advantages to Each Format

Perfect for those who want to learn across multiple devices – Website and Michel Thomas Language Library app

If you’re someone who likes to learn on your laptop or computer at home and pick up on your phone offline when you’re on the move, this is the format for you. Containing the audio and booklet in one place, it also has a sleep timer, the ability to jump forward/back and adjust your audio speed.

Perfect for those who want to listen as they would an audiobook – Audio Courses through Audiobook apps

If you’re already an avid audiobook listener and want something that slots in easily with your other audio courses, this is the best option to allow for familiarity and ease of use within your chosen audiobook app and all of its usual functionality with a booklet provided separately for reference.

Perfect for those who enjoy tracking their progress and being part of a community – Languages with Michel Thomas app

If you’re someone who likes to have an oversight of all that you’re learning, the new Languages with Michel Thomas app is the one for you. Boasting flash cards to practise key vocabulary, a record-and-compare feature to allow you to check your pronunciation against the teacher’s and a phrase list to see what you’ve learnt and what’s to come, this app also allows you to set goals, set study reminders and unlock charity rewards in support of endangered languages as you reach key individual milestones.