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Language Transfer

Free audio language courses by the Thinking Method, funded by learner donations.

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€0
languages, including English for Spanish speakers
9
audio lessons in the app
688
downloads on Google Play
1M+

About Language Transfer

Language Transfer is a free audio course project that Mihalis Eleftheriou started in 2011 and runs alone. He teaches by the Thinking Method: the learner hears a teacher work with a real student, pauses, builds each sentence in their head and answers out loud. The app and the website carry the same 688 lessons: Complete Spanish, Greek and Swahili, unfinished Complete German, Introductions to Arabic, Turkish, Italian and French, two English courses for Spanish speakers and Introduction to Music Theory. There are no prices, ads or sign-ups. Learner donations on Patreon and PayPal pay for the work.

Language Transfer publishes audio courses on languagetransfer.org, SoundCloud, YouTube and in its own app. Each track records a teacher with a student. The listener pauses, thinks out the answer and says it out loud. Complete courses cover the whole grammar of a language. Introduction courses are the first 30–40% of a Complete course.

Mihalis Eleftheriou grew up in East London and has family in Cyprus. He began the project in 2011 and put its beginnings together in Cyprus, then worked from Buenos Aires, Barcelona and a farm in Asturias. In December 2024 he wrote that Language Transfer was now based in Brighton & Hove. In August 2026 the about page said he was heading back to Cyprus.

Language Transfer has no team. Mihalis writes and records the courses, and volunteers help with transcripts and native-speaker checks. The project takes no grants and sells no access. Patreon gives it a fixed monthly income, PayPal takes one-off gifts, and the non-shop sells printed cards and the Thinking Method Guidebook at cost. Paid workshops for companies and institutions raise more money.

History

  1. 2011 Mihalis Eleftheriou starts Language Transfer. He says the serious work began in 2013–2014.
  2. 2013 In January in Buenos Aires he posts the first notes that later grow into Introduction to Music Theory.
  3. 2014 Runs workshops in Cyprus. The website banner reads that LT is not in partnership with USAID, UNDP or the EU.
  4. 2018 Works from Barcelona. The Patreon campaign brings in about $1,600 a month.
  5. 2020 Releases the free app on Google Play on 27 May and on the App Store on 4 July. Publishes the Thinking Method Guidebook for course writers late in the year.
  6. 2022 Puts the first 10 tracks of Introduction to Music on the Android app in March.
  7. 2023 Finishes the music course and announces Language Transfer: The Documentary in September.
  8. 2024 Starts releasing Inglés Completo for Spanish speakers. In December moves the project to Brighton & Hove after two years in Asturias.
  9. 2025 Offers free campus workshops to UK universities in August. Releases tester tracks 1–8 of Introduction to Japanese in September.
  10. 2026 Updates the Android app on 27 September. Patreon counts 4,992 members.

Leadership

  • Mihalis Eleftheriou Founder, author and teacher of all courses

Language Transfer has no staff. Mihalis Eleftheriou writes that LT is one person, and volunteers help with transcripts and native-speaker checks.

How the Thinking Method works

lessons in Complete Spanish
90
average track in Complete Spanish
~10 min
of a Complete course in each Introduction
30–40%
  • Audio only
  • Recorded with a real student
  • Pause and answer out loud
  • No notes or transcripts during the lesson
  • Reframed grammar explanations
  • How vocabulary is formed
  • Complete and Introduction courses
  • Transcripts for review
  • Offline downloads
  • No account or sign-up

Language Transfer languages: 9 to learn

Language Transfer courses and lesson counts

Complete courses4

  • Complete Spanish: 90 lessons, 14.6 hours
  • Complete Greek: 120 lessons, 16.5 hours
  • Complete Swahili: 110 lessons, 15.5 hours
  • Complete German, unfinished: 50 lessons, 6.7 hours

Introduction courses4

  • Introduction to Arabic: 38 lessons, 4.8 hours
  • Introduction to Turkish: 44 lessons, 5.5 hours
  • Introduction to Italian: 45 lessons, 6.2 hours
  • Introduction to French: 40 lessons, 6.6 hours

For Spanish speakers2

  • Inglés Completo, still being released: 81 lessons, 12.8 hours
  • Introducción a Inglés: 40 lessons, 3.8 hours

Other subjects1

  • Introduction to Music Theory: 30 lessons, 8.2 hours

In development2

  • Introduction to Japanese, tester tracks on YouTube
  • Introduction to British Sign Language, tester material on YouTube

Lesson counts and audio length from the course index of the Language Transfer app on 7 October 2026. Introduction courses cover the first 30–40% of a Complete course. Mihalis has said Complete German will be continued or remade by a new teacher he directs.

Products

  • Audio courses on the website All courses play on languagetransfer.org, SoundCloud and YouTube. Eight courses can be downloaded as ZIP files of audio. Volunteers wrote transcripts for review. Open the free courses
  • Language Transfer app The same audio as the website, with lessons to download, saved progress and playback with the phone locked. No account, ads or purchases. The source code is on GitHub. Get the app
  • Workshops Mihalis gives live Thinking Method workshops. Public workshops are free. Companies, organisations and universities can book in-house workshops for a fee, with a waiver for some institutions. Workshops page
  • Thinking Method Guidebook A free guide for people who want to write their own Thinking Method course. A printed copy costs $40 in the non-shop. Download the guidebook

How much is Language Transfer?

  • All courses €0/mo Free, website, app, SoundCloud, YouTube
  • Fixed income for LT Patreon €1/mo From €1 a month, optional monthly donation
  • PayPal Any amount one-off or monthly donation
  • Non-shop sharer packs $10–$40 one payment, cost of printing and shipping

Is Language Transfer free?

Every course is free on the website, in the app and as downloads, with no ads and no sign-up.

From languagetransfer.org, Patreon and the non-shop on 7 October 2026. Donations are optional. Language Transfer says they do not open any extra material. The PayPal button on the site takes US dollars, and other buttons take euros, pounds, Canadian and Australian dollars.

App ratings

App details, App Store US

iOS version
1.5.1, released 7 October 2022
Android update
27 September 2026
First release
27 May 2020 on Google Play, 4 July 2020 on the App Store
Size
48 MB on iOS
Age rating
4+ on the App Store
App Store categories
Education, Productivity
Downloads
1M+ on Google Play
Seller
Mihalis Eleftheriou
Price
Free, no ads, purchases or subscriptions
Source code
github.com/language-transfer

Is Language Transfer worth it?

What learners like

What learners criticise

What learners write in reviews, not our rating. App stores give Language Transfer 4.85 to 4.91. Most complaints are about the app loading or the number of languages. Language Transfer has no Trustpilot page.

Latest news

  1. Introduction to Japanese: tester tracks 1–8 released
  2. Language Transfer offers workshops to UK universities
  3. On funding agencies and the third sector: a Cypriot case study
  4. Language Transfer now based in the UK
  5. Language Transfer: The Documentary announced
  6. Intro to Music arrives on the Android app

Contacts and company data

Legal form
Independent project of one person; no company or charity under this name in the UK registers on 7 October 2026
App publisher
Mihalis Eleftheriou, as an individual seller
Funding
Learner donations, non-shop sales and workshop fees; no grants

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Language Transfer FAQ

Yes. Every course is free on the website, in the app, on SoundCloud and YouTube, and as downloads. There are no ads, sign-ups or paid tiers. Learners can donate on Patreon or PayPal, and donations do not open extra material.

Complete Spanish, Complete Greek, Complete Swahili and Complete German, which is unfinished. Introductions to Arabic, Turkish, Italian and French. Inglés Completo and Introducción a Inglés for Spanish speakers, and Introduction to Music Theory. Japanese and British Sign Language are in development.

Complete Spanish has 90 lessons, Greek 120, Swahili 110 and German 50. Introduction to Arabic has 38, Turkish 44, Italian 45 and French 40. Inglés Completo has 81 so far, Introducción a Inglés 40 and Music Theory 30. A Spanish lesson lasts about 10 minutes.

Mihalis Eleftheriou’s way of teaching. You listen to a teacher work with a student, pause, build the sentence in your head and say it out loud. You take no notes and memorise nothing. Each step builds on what you already know, so new grammar can be worked out from earlier lessons.

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