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linguistica – Learn Spanish, French and more

Study Spanish, French, Italian and German on the go through current events!

Since 2009, we have been producing weekly podcasts with news stories, conversation and culture in intermediate Spanish, French, Italian and German. Hosted by native speakers, our programs present news and discussion at a slow pace to help you improve comprehension.

Recommended by The Guardian, The Economist and The Washington Post, this program helps you learn French, Spanish, Italian or German with stories you care about at a pace you can understand.

Give it a try with our free app, which offers a portion of our weekly program: Two news stories per language every week with no payment and no need to sign up. Just download and play!

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Reviews (26)

K. l. Dec 29, 2019     

It's good that news in a few languages (if you can understand them) are all included in the same app. Compared with news in slow french, there are no non-free contents included here. But there are less (free) contents included. Also, it doesn't allow selecting/copying text.

S. Jun 9, 2021     

I did enjoy the app in general but there are 2 factors that forces me to give a low rating . 1) The slow speed cannot be changed which you can on many other apps. 2) There is no option to copy or paste words except the ones that the app itself has chosen to translate which makes it harder to comprehend the text.

Rob. W. Aug 16, 2019     

Great app. I hope they will add the advanced classes (Change of Pace) as well. 20 minutes of fresh news in Spanish, with transcripts and translations, every week. You don't even need to sign in. No technical problems so far.

Mic. B. Feb 20, 2021     

I will stick with the old version. The new version looks prettier but cannot be used offline and you cannot cut & paste difficult parts for translation elsewhere. For me, it is useless.

Ime. F. Jun 9, 2020     

I just downloaded it. The best app ever for listening. It's free and user-friendly. Ten thumbs up for the developer team! BTW, it would be better if Dutch is added because it's quite difficult to get Dutch learning materials on the internet. Dank je wel!

shw. r. Mar 17, 2020     

I have been looking for an app to improve my listening skills in spanish. This app is perfect for beginners as well as intermediates. Wishing i would have found it sooner.

Mar. E. M. May 30, 2019     

Weekly, current and engaging language learning material...completely free! Nothing like this in the language learning market. Great way to learn French, study Spanish or practice Italian. Love it!

Nat. L. Mar 14, 2021     

Edit: This is not the app for paid subscribers. They should clarify that this is the free version and members should use their other app. The ui system of everything from the company is all a bit clunky/reminiscent of the 90s including the website unfortunately but still a great resource.

Don. B. Oct 24, 2019     

Having loved News in Slow Italian & French this was the perfect, mobile complement to what I was enjoying using on my MAC mini. These have all greatly developed my listening comprehension further supported by the corresponding transcripts which increase my vocabulary.

sha. r. Feb 13, 2020     

Not exactly "slow" The speech speed can't be adjusted the way it does on using other platforms such as Google podcast.

Mik. H. Aug 14, 2019     

Can we talk about how amazing and easy it is to learn a new language with this app? Not to mention its updated daily. Crazy.10/10. Great job to everyone that was involved.

Mas. E. Sep 30, 2020     

5000000 thumbs up. An invaluable tool for learning French on mobile. Wish it would allow us to save the episodes for offline listening though

A. G. U. M. Sep 27, 2019     

Biased commentaries more than news. News would be nice. Just plain news without an agenda. But I didn't find that here. Uninstalled.

Mag. M. Oct 27, 2019     

Great app, does it offer also possibility to get the news spoken faster, too? and also in (European) Portuguese?

Alb. V. Feb 16, 2021     

Really very good. I practice german, french and italian with this application at the same time. Resounding accomplishment!

Moh. S. Nov 8, 2019     

I like it so far but I do have a suggestion though. Can you guys make the Instant Translation for all words instead of a specific ones?

Sah. M. Jan 11, 2022     

More restricted access to podcasts. Useless

Joh. S. Sep 9, 2020     

Outstanding good app to practice reading and listening to languages.

طائ. م. Feb 5, 2021     

Thumbs up! One of the best apps to learn foreign languages.Thank you

Lau. V. M. C. Dec 12, 2019     

Love it, it's really useful to learn languages!!!

Eva. B. Oct 31, 2019     

Great language app. Please update German podcasts more often.

Kri. A. Jan 25, 2021     

Love how easy the app lets me switch between various languages!

Ste. V. Feb 6, 2022     

Anbsolutely love it! Thankyou so very much!

M. d. S. Feb 4, 2020     

I love this app. It helps me to improve my listening.

que. p. a. Nov 12, 2021     

Just show the meanings next to the.........................................Spanish.

Gay. G. Sep 24, 2021     

So very helpful while learning.