*I was given access to Mango Languages for free and compensated for my time in exchange for an honest review.
Homeschooling math and science doesn’t scare me. I’ve got that covered. Foreign languages. Now, that’s frightening.
My two and a half years of high school French didn’t really stick. I’m not totally sure I learned very much anyway. So, I’m not exactly qualified to instruct my children in a foreign language. I know it is necessary for their education, so we’ve tried a couple programs with limited success.
Then, Mango Languages caught my eye. Mango Languages has tailored programs for schools, libraries, corporations, individuals, and now homeschoolers. I liked the online aspect of the program and the price seemed very reasonable. Why not give it a try?
Now that we are a month or so it to the program I can see some real benefits of Mango Languages over other programs and I believe this is a winner.
Conversational Language Learning
We have found that most foreign language curricula are vocabulary based. After a year of study, students can count, name colors and random objects, and a few verbs. That’s about it. Useful conversation skills and dialogue is not learned until later in the study.
Mango Languages is conversational. It starts with learning how to great someone and make polite conversation. My daughter could actually ask me questions in Italian after the first lesson, not just tell me what words she learned. This built her confidence and made her want more.
Mobile
When people ask if we homeschool, I’m thinking of telling them we do “education-on-the-go”. With all our activities, we are simply not home very much. We have to be mobile.
Thankfully, Mango Languages has a FREE downloadable app so we can take our foreign language lessons with us!
Interactive e-Learning
Instead of boring worksheets, Mango Languages allow students to read and hear the language spoken correctly at the same time. The student is asked to participate in each step of the lesson with translation, pronunciation, and critical thinking.
Students can, also, record their voice and compare it to the instructor to test their pronunciation.
Built In Testing
Since I do not speak Italian, giving and grading an Italian test would be very difficult for me. Mango Languages has assessments after each chapter. The results and the progress of the student is kept and the parent can review them at anytime. This is great for keeping track of grades and determining where more review might be needed. (Read how Cindy West at Our Journey Westward is using this feature to keep track of hours for high school foreign language credit.)
Huge Variety Of Foreign Languages
When my daughter decided she wanted to take Italian, I though “What a fun language to learn!” Then, I started looking for Italian language programs. Um…not so great. Italian is not as popular as I thought.
Mango Languages has over 60 languages to choose from. My friend can use Mango Languages to teach her daughter her native Polish. Our neighbors can use it for Croatian. From Latin to Korean to Swahili, Mango Languages has you covered!
My son wants to learn Pirate. Yes. Mango Languages has a Pirate course.
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Sounds like an interesting program. I like the option of doing lessons on the go. Thanks for sharing your review!
Spanish and French would be our starting points.
I have a child who is very interested in Chinese. Definitely not a language that I’d be able to teach.
Teaching my child a second language is something I desire. I’ve had a program in the past that I was not satisfied with and am very interested in the set up of Mango Languages. I also don’t have the resources to purchase a tablet that my little learner so desperately needs. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity. God Bless.
Spanish and Hebrew are the languages that would be taught.
My son wants to learn German since that is where my ancestors are from.
My child wound love Mandarin
We are just not using this. So happy we got the free trail and found that our library carries it. Although the library version doesn’t have all the features. We use it as a guide and supplement with another program where my son has a planned curriculum. The kids enjoy it. My daughter is using it for Japanese as an informal curriculum.
We would love to learn Japanese since my little homeschooler is taking Karate. And his younger brother will next year too. It’s a great way to incorporate it into learning.
Hi!
Thanks for this post!! I’m a french mom who do homeschooling with our childrens and our 4 years old son is really interested by languages!! So I search for things to do with him so he can learn english or spanish.. Do you think the Mango program can be good for him even if he’s just 4 years old?
Thanks!! :o)
Marjorie
Mango is very conversational. I believe if you sat down and went through the program with him, your 4 year old could definitely learn from Mango! One of the great things about it is that you go at your own pace and can replay each lesson and each pronunciation. Give it a try!