Can you relate to this?
Real fluency begins when you can understand native speakers with little or no effort.
How do you get there?
Build up your language foundation by writing it out
- Listen to our specially designed native-level audio material.
- Type what you hear.
- Check your transcription.
- Learn from your mistakes and use our grammar annotations, usage tips and no-fluff exercises to level up your language skills.
How it works
Listen
Start out by listening to a dialogue scene and then drill down to each individual sentence.
Type
Check your comprehension by typing what you hear.
Check
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Test your listening comprehension skills
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Do you have difficulty understanding native speakers?
You're not alone.
For most intermediate-level learners, difficulty understanding native speakers in conversation is a major obstacle to becoming proficient and self-confident in a foreign language.
But the good news is that listening can be trained with diligent practice and the right method.
What youāll find in this free ebook:
- Why itās normal to struggle with understanding native speech even after years of learning a language.
- How to overcome common barriers to progress beyond the intermediate plateau of understanding native conversational speech.
- The difference between active and passive listening and how they can drastically impact your learning.
- Why training your listening comprehension skills also lays the foundation for speaking better and acquiring a more native accent.
- Powerful tips on how to use audio transcripts as an effective training tool to exponentially increase your comprehension and writing abilities.
And Lingophilās newsletter with tips on how to effectively train my listening comprehension skills that I can incorporate into my learning routine starting today.
What some of our users say about our courses
I enjoy using Lingophil so much that itās my go-to to jump-start my Spanish studies especially on days I donāt feel like studying. Iām always excited to see whatās next. I love the way they have turned listening and transcribing into short segments, making it both enjoyable and satisfying. The translations, usage tips and exercises perfectly round out their already rich program.
Lingophil is a fusion of listening comprehension training, cultural tips, grammar explanations and vocabulary ā all in a fun way. I particularly like the large number of synonyms and colloquial expressions they give you, as well as the “Avoid this common mistake” section, authored by native tutors and languag teachers. It’s not one of those audio-based courses that you listen to and immediately forget, but a highly useful app that lets you practice what’s been presented in each episode. A real immersion in French!
Lingophil has helped me get back into speaking German. It lets me experience native speech in a new way, allowing me to work on my skills and grow my confidence back. I love the voices in the stories and how interactive it is. I especially like that the grammar tips show me how to use grammar patterns, giving me different examples of the same pattern. It makes learning so much easier and engaging.
I used Lingophil to prepare for my B1-level exam in Spanish to get admitted to a university program in Spain and passed it with flying colors.
The app improved my listening comprehension in a matter of days and helped me develop a more intuitive understanding of Spanish grammar.
I found the story and dialogues very engaging and never felt bored with the material.
FAQ
Letās answer your questions
Lingophil is an audio transcription course designed for intermediate-level students. It employs audio transcription technology using a method we call Intensive Listening Comprehension Practice (ILCP).
This innovative method allows you to progressively enhance your ability to understand conversational, native-level speech by listening to specially designed audio material, transcribing what you hear and creating your own transcript. A correction tool instantly shows your errors, which you can then compare with the master transcript. Grammar, usage and vocabulary tips are provided along the way to effectively guide and support you in your language learning journey.
If you prefer learning with videos rather than audio, book-learning, or if you donāt like typing on a keyboard, then Lingophil is probably not for you. However, if you enjoy learning with audio, tend to be a disciplined self-learner with a strong motivation to continuously improve your skills and want to attain a high level of proficiency in your target language, then Lingophil can effectively help you achieve your goals. Transcribing can be mentally intensive work, but itās exciting to find out if you’ve understood correctly and rewarding and empowering to be able to recognize and clarify misunderstandings.
Becoming truly proficient in a foreign language requires long term focus and dedication. Our Intensive Listening Comprehension Practiceā¢ method is uniquely designed to help you stay focused and learn our content thoroughly for maximum retention. Moving from intermediate to advanced isnāt just about learning more words. You often need to fill in gaps from your earlier attempts at learning the language. If you donāt take the time to fill in those gaps, your foundation wonāt be as solid, which will make it harder or even impossible to take your language to an advanced level.
The vocabulary and grammar covered in Season 1 is roughly equivalent to the level B1 of the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). Some of the content goes beyond that level, as the audios also contain colloquial and idiomatic expressions as well as some tense constructions that are not generally found in learning material for level B1.
The difficulty level gradually increases with each Season, as the audio makes greater demands on your listening comprehension and vocabulary skills. Memorization is subtly and effectively reinforced by repeating common expressions and patterns multiple times in different contexts throughout the story.
The story is presented in Seasons and Episodes, similar to a TV series. It’s like listening to a movie without the visuals where you just hear the voices and sound effects that make up an engaging story that teaches you vocabulary, grammar patterns, colloquial language and much more as you go along.Ā
All audio material featured in the app is uniquely created for our courses and recorded by professional voice actors and actresses. It is not available anywhere else. You can meet some of the voices behind the characters in our story here.
The course is currently available for French, Spanish, German and Italian. The stories featured in the course are the same in each language. We add new Seasons several times a year.
Lingophil is a web application that runs in your browser. It requires an Internet connection. It runs on laptops, desktop computers, tablets and smartphones. Because the transcription exercises require you to type entire sentences, we recommend that you use Lingophil on a device with a standard keyboard, such as a laptop or a desktop computer.
No. Lingophil is based on our unique Intensive Listening Comprehension Practice method, which requires you to recall exact phrases that cannot be identified from preset answers. In Lingophil you will never be asked to pick the right word or phrase from a set of possible answers, do multiple choice exercises or play word games to practice vocabulary.
The course is designed for intermediate-level learners. Using the CEFR as a benchmark, we recommend that you have at least the equivalent of an A2 level to fully benefit from the course.
You get lifetime access to the Lingophil app and our serial story consisting of at least 8 episodes per Season, our transcription tool TScribeā¢, detailed text annotations, verb and tense usage tips, alternative expressions and 160 practice exercises.
