Learn languages with TV and movie clips
Learn Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German or English with Umi. Watch short clips, discover vocabulary in context and practice understanding native speakers.
Build vocabulary with real conversations
Learn words through the scenes and conversations that give them meaning. Umi combines video, audio and text to help you connect new vocabulary with how people use it.
Listening is the core of conversation - if you can’t understand a response, you can’t communicate. And it takes a lot of training.
Umi is focused on training REAL listening skills from day 1. Varied speech patterns, accents, intonations, and settings.
Train your mouth and tongue by repeating after clips.
Gain confidence practicing thousands of native phrases.
Practice to perfection
Revisit vocabulary with spaced repetition and practice listening, speaking and word recognition as you build a regular learning habit.
Input Hypothesis
Our brains are like pattern recognition machines. We need to feed enough native data!
Comprehensible input
Being able to understand the content (so it's at your level) enhances learning and fun
Multimodal learning
When we learn using multiple senses we remember deeper. Video, audio, and reading altogether
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Lane G
I did 1500 days of Duolingo but still couldn't understand native speakers. After just a couple months of Umi now I can!
Fahad M.
Much better than the green bird 🐦
Dimitrios R.
Great app for beginners trying to start immersion, highly recommend.