Flawed but the best thing on the market – Michel Thomas: French Review

Overall, I think this app is worth every dollar that I paid. This audio is so much different than any other learning language learning system out there. It doesn't focus on memorization but making memorable connections with what you already know. The method takes similar words between English and French, focuses on using verbs, and within minutes you can construct hundreds of sentences in French. By the end of the 8 hours you will be able to construct complex sentences. I learned more in French in this audio than I did in 6 years of high school and college courses in Spanish. There are a few quirks: 1) the woman in the audio is kind of annoying, 2) Michel Thomas seems to treat her like crap, 3) you can hear the students talking under their breaths, 4) you can hear drinking and other sounds, 5) the errors by the students can be a little distracting (The audio is set up like a classroom. I was making the some of the same mistakes. Not sure if that helps or causes more confusion.), and 6) Michel Thomas's accent is a little hard to follow, but if you really want to learn a language this app shouldn't be your only expose to the words. Hour 4 Lesson 10 doesn't work; it errors out. I'm hoping that will be fixed, but I don't think that it impacted my learning. The flashcards are really helpful because you take on the role of one of the students with them. At the end of everything, I could speak basic French but understanding it was a lot harder. The hearing and instant deciphering aspect takes more time and exposure. When listening to french radio, i understood every other phrase. If you couple this with French media, podcasts, a dictionary, and immersive interactions with French speakers, you should pick up the language quickly.
Review by Alexander B Sabol on Michel Thomas: French.