It's great until unit 5. The translations disappear for better "immersion". It stops being that when I have to identify the new character/word, copy it, put it in Google translate, then pray it's correct. I'm not good at figuring out what concepts/verbs the pictures are trying to communicate. Once I know what the picture is supposed to be, it's very effective.
If what you are looking for is immersion, this is perfect. There is nothing in English, there are no hard and fast rule explanations, there is no means vocabulary. It's just pictures, and words/phrases, and you figure it out intuitively. This is now how I learn. I need rules and structure, and reasons for the way things conjugate or hard definitions for the words. Everyone learns differently. This is good for what it is.
I want to enjoy the app and learning new languages, but it refuses to hear me speak. One minute everything is going really well, then all of a sudden I get back to back "we can't hear you". Please fix the app. Edit: PC/browser don't seem to have nearly this much trouble, but that's a frustrating and less portable alternative. Edit: Almost 2025, 2 new phones and 3 headphones later, this issue still exists. I don't think the Android app will ever be viable. Uninstall/reinstall is so tedious.
This is a pretty good system. My biggest complaint is that there aren't any grammar explanations, it's all just from immersion. And as someone who has learned a foreign language before, I know to be looking for certain things. But I was still struggling with some rules, and I had to google them. Overall, the voice recognition is pretty good, occasionally it struggles. Sometimes there are speech bubbles, and I can't tell who it's pointing to. Overall good.
I am a fan of the app, and I enjoy using it to learn language, although it can be somewhat stern. But suddenly the app won't open. It just sits on the opening screen and doesn't load the language learning content. I tried clearing the cache after a few tries, but that hasn't yielded success either. Until they fix this error, I can't give any higher than 1 star to an app that doesn't work.
To start off, I'm a paid member. I'm trying to learn Mandarin. It pretty much throws you in head first. You go from trying to figure out boy and man to a group of men, to the men are running. No pronunciation explanation or anything. There are no simple basics, and it can be very frustrating. I don't know what I'm reading or how to say correctly what it is wanting me to say. like 😵💫
Do NOT use for Arabic. It incorrectly adds random endings to basic words. I brought this problem up with the support team, and they said all I could do was send screenshots of the issues for them to pass along to the developers, and MAYBE they would fix it for the next update... I know enough of the language to know most of the basic words it was butchering, but I verified with my native Arabic speaking spouse, who confirmed that in no context or dialect would those endings ever exist.
I've been using this app for about a month now. After using a certain other app 🦉 for well over a year. I really enjoy this app alot! It fits well with my learning style. There is only one thing that bugs me, I would like to have the vocabulary and pronunciation on words before going into the actual lessons:) Other than that, I absolutely love this app🥰 (I'm an English speaker learning Japanese.)
I rate this app five stars because, this. app is fun, and not only fun, what helps. build up motivation, to learn the. language, I plan to move to Korea, so this will definitely help with, me learning Korean fluently, it's easy to use, helps you. and gives you hints, so that way you understand. I love this app because it also, has other. languages as well. so if you want to. learn other languages, thank you come to this app. it is pretty good to use! definitely would recommend. go to friends!
I really like the app. It is a good way of learning. The focus on pronunciation is very helpful. I have two thoughts on what I don't like. First, it takes too long between reading and speaking. They read it, pause, I read it, pause, ding got it right. Those pauses are just too long. Second, it is a very clinical methodology. Great in some ways not great in others. I little life couldn't hurt. A little life couldn't hurt. Friends list, competition, trophies, etc. Balance clean learning and life.
