Lingua.ly
What is Lingua.ly
Lingua.ly is a free language learning app available on the google play store
Features
Dictionary: the app has a Japanese-English basic dictionary. You use this to add words to your learning list.
Read: This feature currently isn't supported for Japanese (thus the low rating) but in future hopes to provide reading materials in the target language for learners. You can browse foreign news papers by topic and add words to your learning list but like I say this has not made it to Japanese yet.
Practice: a test where the Japanese word is shown and you are asked 'Do you know this word?' assuming you say yes you are given a multiple choice answer for the English meaning.
Scoreboard: keep track on progress including your score from the past seven days, how many words you've added, how many times you've practiced and articles read.
Positive Aspects
- It has an easy to use and interact with interface.
- Appealing colour scheme
- You choose the words you want to learn
- Everything is stored in the cloud leaving space on your device
- It allows multiple languages to be learnt at once (with a little configuration).
Where it Needs to Improve
- Everything is kept on the cloud meaning internet is required to use.
- It doesn't say the words in the dictionary or give you the hiragana/katakana/romanji for you to learn pronunciation.
- No support for reading Japanese articles
After notes
This app is good for French and other European languages but has yet to impress me with Japanese
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