FluentU: Learn Language Videos

Name: FluentU: Learn Language Videos
Rating: 4.17011 (1405 reviews)

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FluentU: Learn Language Videos

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User Reviews for FluentU: Learn Language Videos

Technically works, but buggy and janky

Don’t expect any UI polish.- Images pop in and out as you scroll.- Audio will only sometimes play while the app is in the background.- Forward/backward controls put the subtitles out of sync with the audio.- Dragging the week slider has random effects on the player, including jumping you right past the quiz to the next lesson.- At the end of a video, the final subtitle is replaced with the first subtitle.- Sometimes videos play twice and I’m not sure it’s on purpose.- Tapping a word makes the whole screen jump left for no perceivable reason, then it shows the definition after a pause.- No clear instruction on what to do when a course is up for review… everything just turns orange, but only some orange buttons make it blue again.- Subtly different interaction than on the web, so switching between the two is confusing. (For example, some videos on the web are audio-only on iOS.)- Two loading spinners appear on the screen at a time sometimes.- No loading spinners have cancel buttons.- Going back one screen often resets your scroll position so you lose your place.- Etc.But hey, it hasn’t crashed yet, and it gets the job done.

AllTom, Jul 10, 2019

Great app for learning typical everyday language

I have been trying to teach myself Chinese for years and this app really helped me stick with it consistently. I find it easy to use. What I like most about it is it teaches common ways of saying things, the stuff you hear on the street or on TV shows (which is a big reason I’m learning Chinese). This is an invaluable adjunct learning tool. It tests you on writing, but I still supplement w Skritter to get the strokes correct, and I still read textbooks to get the reasoning behind grammar clear. But to drill into your mind the common ways people normally speak, this is where to go do you don’t get bogged down academically. Sometimes you just have to practice building sentences without thinking too much about what goes where so that it’s more reflexive and natural rather than intellectual.The only downside is when I’m not on WiFi, the movie clips take forever to load.

altairj, Oct 18, 2019

How do I avoid being charged for a subscription

PLEASE HELP. Just received an email about a billing problem of $240 for a subscription that I don’t even remember signing up for. I never subscribe to anything so I don’t know if it was unintentional or just started charging after a trial. I believe I canceled it right now and I also sent an email out, but I need to know how to avoid being charged. It hasn’t charged me yet as there was “a problem with the billing” But I keep reading comments that say if you cancel at least one day before the subscription ends, you won’t be charged. However, I was just less than a week late. The emails that were meant to notify me got lost in my inbox as I am a high school student who already gets hundreds of emails for school and from colleges, especially during this time as school has been transferred online. Also, can’t even afford this because I do not have a job. This app has been deleted for so long, I don’t have any memory of even using it. On top of that, it’s not even charging to my card, but to someone else’s. I cannot deal with this right now, someone please help.

Alyssa241738, May 01, 2020

Loving it so far

I’ve only started with the app and have some basic Japanese from other apps and self study as well as a full version of Rosetta Stone. This has been by far the most user friendly. Rosetta Stone is brutal where FluentU is gentle and fun while still teaching you. The ability to see the kana, kanji and romaji is brilliant. Once you get your kana memorized well, you can turn off the romaji. I have high hopes for the long term of this app combined with formal college classes. I don’t think any single app or class will get you to a competent level. It is the combination of several methods and live practice with a native speaker if possible will get you there. I see this as being a solid foundation to build off of.

CFHinLA, Oct 03, 2018

Great For Intermediate Learning

I began my journey with learning German about 4 years ago, and I have to say from the outset that this program was not there at the beginning. I worked with several different do-it-yourself language tutoring programs; one of them I am still with (Babbel), one I really didn’t care for (Duolingo), and one I found helpful but no longer actively use (Lingvist). This program, I think (and this is just from my own personal experience), is better suited to those who already have a basic, fundamental understanding of their foreign language of choice. It is definitely helpful, before you engage with FluentU, to know some vocabulary and have some familiarity with how the grammar works. If you are at that stage in your language learning development, then this program can be an excellent tool in helping you further develop your vocabulary and overall comprehension.Don‘t look for them to coddle you - the words come at you fast, and it is your responsibility to learn them and follow along. I chose the intermediate level here (a little above what I can handle), and it‘s hard but I like being challenged. So, bottom line: If you are serious about learning a new language, and you already have some prior knowledge of the basics, I highly recommend FluentU to keep you moving forward!

Filly245, Apr 24, 2021

Eh, I’ve had better

I realize all language learning apps/programs have their flaws. My problem with FluentU is I’m paying $20 to be an app tester. I’ve been using this program for several years, I’ve completed Beginner 1&2, Intermediate 1, and am nearly finished with Intermediate 2. I’m not exaggerating when I say that every time there is an update, there are issues. I’ve emailed customer service so many times, I’m absolutely certain they ignore my complaints at this point. Sometimes the issues are fixed just to return at the next update. For example, the sentence translations will repeat themselves within a lesson. The lessons don’t go to the review or completed queue after you’ve completed them so it’s difficult to tell which lessons you’re done with and which are new. There are also the complaints of other users regarding the portrait mode and interface issues. I live with a native speaker and there are translation issues in a number of lessons. The app only runs well on a current Apple device, it’s slow otherwise. Don’t expect any kind of refund when you have issues, they are however, quick to offer an apology and reassurance that “they’ll pass it along to the devs.” I do feel I’ve learned a good amount and appreciate that the videos are mostly current. This year, I had enough and bought a different language learning program and am finally saying au revoir to FluentU.

Jltessner, Dec 31, 2020

One of the best apps for intermediate language learning

This is probably one of the best apps for the intermediate stages of learning. They have tons of native content to really sharpen your listening comprehension and broaden your vocab and sentence exposure. That being said, I am rating it 4 stars based on a few problems:1) the app is overall kind of buggy. It mostly works but sometimes it’s frustrating. 2) the computerized voices are annoying. It’d be nice if the quiz section always had the original sentence audio available to listen to for all problem types. 3) it is pretty expensive. You could use something free like subs2srs to get a similar (if much less convenient) experience.

Nyxtrisk, Oct 02, 2021

Makes me excited to learn!

Instead of grudgingly doing my Chinese practice daily, I actually enjoy it because this app makes it not monotonous because you can switch it up with music videos, lessons, dramas, and storiesThings I like:1 that you can flip “pages” throughout the video so you can focus on one line at a time instead of being overwhelmed with all the text at once2 that you can click on a word and have all kinds of info about it and add it to your cardsThings I really wish would change (I’m on the free trial and am deciding wether or not to cancel or continue and subscribe)Btw I’m doing Chinese 1 during the videos, I really wish there was a slider sort of thing so I could choose to cover the pinyin or the English so I could practice recognizing characters or to cover just the English to focus on Chinese, maybe to test how much I understand. Sometimes it’s hard to even see the Chinese because I see the English and then I’m really just reading the English and not focusing on the Chinese words. A movable slider to cover the English would be very beneficial 2 during the quiz questions I wish I could be tested on characters not just pinyin3the videos will save to my playlist one day and be gone the next day...?4 a genre filter would be nice so I could listen/watch depending on what I was in the mood for that day :)

Rye Ed, May 20, 2020

Challenging

The quizzes really make you prove you understand words and phrases by putting them in other contexts. I studied Spanish academically for 7 years, have visited Spanish-speaking countries, and have studied an additional 1.5 years simply out of desire to truly become fluent. For that you really need to be immersed and speak it every day with those around you. No app can provide that, but FluentU does a fantastic job exposing you to that language as it is spoken in its normal cadence and rhythm. Learning Spanish this way is something I wish I’d been able to do from the beginning; it wouldn’t have taken me so long to get where I am.Watch the videos. Don’t worry that it might seem impossibly hard. If you don’t fail sometimes, you won’t improve. Keep it up, and you’ll see incredible progress.

seven 1, Jun 07, 2019

Great if used correctly

This app gives you many advantages that others don’t, but it can feel overwhelming to beginners. A few tips:1) Study the tones first. Train yourself to hear the tones and see if you can type the pinyin on your keyboard based on what you heard. Mimic the tones you hear. This app speaks them very slowly at first so you can hear the tone, then repeats it at a normal pace. DO NOT study with pinyin because you will use it like a crutch and it will really slow down your character recognition pace.2) Do one playlist per day, don’t go crazy. Language learning isn’t a race, it’s not even a marathon; it’s a lifelong commitment. If you learn even 10 words per day and you learn them very well, then by the end of a year you will at least have basic conversational fluency. Learning 20, 30, 40 words per day will test your memorization ability, but it won’t improve your language skill.3) Open your mouth! Repeat the words you hear in the exercises. If you’re not doing this, you’re skipping a very important exercise of these lessons. In the “audio” portions of the lessons, let it run and repeat a few times while repeating the words each time. They’re usually less than a minute, so it goes quick. Aim for 7-10 repeats before doing the quiz.

Sjhunter86, Oct 13, 2018

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