Our Verdict
4.5/5
DanishClass101 offers a great value for money with over 800 lessons and excellent extra features, but the aggressive email marketing and the reliance on English explanations are drawbacks.
Pros
- ✓Value for money: Over 800 lessons included in the membership
- ✓Great lesson structure with just enough grammar explanations
- ✓Portable and DRM-free: Download all the lessons
- ✓Great extra features like the word bank, flashcards, and study tools
- ✓Detailed lesson notes (PDFs, cultural notes, additional grammar information)
Cons
- ✗Aggressive email marketing even to existing customers
- ✗Bonus lessons are very short
- ✗The lessons use a lot of English to explain concepts (not an immersion resource.)
DanishClass101: Danish Lessons Online
DanishClass101 Review: Table of Contents
Audio Lessons
- Dialogue at normal speed
- Dialogue slowed down
- Dialogue with English translations
- Vocabulary discussion
- Grammar discussion
- Cultural pointers
The Online Lesson Player
- Lesson Notes - including bonus examples and explanations not in the lesson itself.
- Transcripts
- Checklists
Video Lessons
Flashcards
- They're based on spaced repetition theory, which just works.
- They are the same vocabulary you hear in the main lessons, so you get to hear them being used in practice and you get more exposure to them.
- The main word bank features 2000 words with pronunciation and example sentences for all entries. If you know 2000 words you're quite fluent in a language, usually. Once you've mastered the 2000 words on DanishClass101 you can "graduate" to getting your vocabulary from native material such as books, newspapers and television.
- The interface works fine. It's not as good as Memrise, but I can live with it.
Mobile Application
- You can download ALL episodes in DRM-free mp3 format and simply transfer them to your mobile device.
- You can download the Innovative Languages app from the app store and stream any lesson.
What does it cost?
- Free, as the name implies is free, but the features are limited and you get access to only the superficial lessons.
- Premium: Gets you access to everything, except access to a real live teacher.
- Premium+ is like Premium, but you get access to a teacher from DanishClass101 also. If you are super motivated and have the money this is a luxury option.
- Premium: Starting at $18.75 per month, with the 25% Actual Fluency discount applied.
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DanishClass101 Review Conclusion
What I like
- Value for money: Over 800 lessons included in the membership
- Great lesson structure with just enough grammar explanations
- Portable and DRM-free: Download all the lessons
- Great extra features like the word bank, flashcards, and study tools
- Detailed lesson notes (PDFs, cultural notes, additional grammar information)
- Teaches Danish culture as well as the language
- Continually updated
What I don't like
- Aggressive email marketing even to existing customers
- Bonus lessons are very short
- The lessons use a lot of English to explain concepts (not an immersion resource.)
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DanishClass101
Best for: Learners seeking structured audio lessons with extensive vocabulary and cultural insights.
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