How To Learn French With Lingopie - Honest Review
Can you learn French by watching videos? Lingopie is an interactive video platform aiming to help you do just that, and is a great way to get your Daily French Bath!
When you subscribe, you choose your preferences so Lingopie will show you genres you like to watch. The dashboard looks very much like Netflix, and is easy to navigate, although Liñgöpie periodically offers an onboarding live webinar which includes a short film to show you around the dashboard and program features, followed by live Q&A. There is everything from short films and documentaries, to feature length films and cartoons. You’re bound to find a lot to watch! This is content made by French people for French people, so you’ll learn about French culture and French slang.
Choose Your Own Experience
The videos are categorized as Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, but you have access to the entire catalog, no matter what level you are. While you watch, the script for the show scrolls down the right side of the screen. You can click on any word in it, read the definition and hear it pronounced. It is then added to your French learning flashcards which you can review at any time. There is a speak feature that lets you practice your pronunciation, and you can practice vocabulary with word games. You can create your own playlist, too. Besides French, there is content in Spanish, Russian, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, and Portuguese and all of them are included in your subscription.
You’re Not Alone
It’s not just video, though, there are free open classes offered twice a month where subscribers can meet each other and brush up on grammar. One to one private lessons are also available for an additional cost. There is a forum where subscribers can discuss shows, ask questions, and learn about Lingopie events. The Liñgöpie blog is full of helpful posts like 14 Best Shows To Learn French On Netflix.
It’s Not Perfect…Yet
There are some drawbacks. There is no fluency progress bar yet, although this is in development. Some features are not offered in every language - the open classes are only available for now in French and Spanish. Private lessons are not offered in German, Russian, Korean, or Japanese. These are coming soon.
Liñgöpie is most effective for the Immersion part of the SAIS method - instead of having to search around to find video content in French, it is all gathered together for you in one place! It’s a fun and easy way to improve your listening skills.
Your next steps
If you like this honest approach to learning French, you will love to learn with Angel as a student or client. Please check out:
The 1-1 coaching program, The French Transformation, if you need to improve your French fast.
The group program, The French Fluency Accelerator, if you’d like to join a community of students from all over the world. We have weekly practice calls together and the best online video library to learn French.
Pro tip: you don’t need to choose!
All the 1-1 clients are invited to join the French Accelerator free of charge.
Feel free to book a call with Angel now to discuss options.
About the author
Linda Unger is an avid French Learner who dreams of having a stone house in Bretagne someday. She also loves writing, knitting and dogs. She joined the French Fluency team as a writer in 2020.
