Your education system is just going to be a bunch of different mobile apps with microtransactions in five years isn’t it
Also, recommend an app for practicing writing kanji, I got a stylus and everything
I’ll be sure to bring my calligraphy brushes and inks with me on the bus
Not that I don’t agree, but something you can pull out while taking a shit or whatever has its own niche and helps keep your learning neurons firing.
I actually have an app I’ve used in the past that still works, Obenkyo. It does other stuff too, but I have mainly used it for Kanji practice.
There’s a writing practice mode where it asks you to draw specific kanji based on on-yomi and kun-yomi and it lets you know if you fucked up the stroke order. The detection isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty good for practice on the go. I recommend grabbing a cheap stylus from a dollar store so you don’t have to jab at the screen with your sweaty sausage fingers.
It lets you select lists of kanji based on JLPT levels but you can also load a .txt file with all the kanji you want to practice if you want something more tailored to the course you’re taking etc.
I don’t think there’s been an update to the app in like 5 years which is why I wondered if there are any newer alternatives. Then again, it doesn’t have microtransactions, ads, gamified Skinner box bullshit or social media integration so I guess that’s not a bad thing :shrug-outta-hecks:
Stroke order is pretty key
I kind of disagree with this. Modern hand writing recognition software is generally good enough not to care about stroke order and obviously real humans can make out what you’re writing as long as it looks accurate.
The only time I can really think of stroke order being relevant is looking things up in a paper dictionary and good God who even owns those anymore?
Also, recommend an app for practicing writing kanji, I got a stylus and everything
Mspaint :big-cool:
Looking forward to pay2win learning apps
Duolingo is such a piece of techbro garbage. It recycles the addictive game mechanics from other apps and makes the app maximise ‘engagement’, rather than helping people learn anything. It’s failed every independent attempt at validation.
B-b-b-but that’s not what the owl tells me on the splash screens between the ads :surprised-pika:
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RUSH THROUGH THIS QUIZ AS FAST AS POSSIBLE TO GET MORE XP
It’s a nice tool if you already know how to learn a language or you’ve got a goal to fulfil. Of course it’s not enough on its own, but it makes the first few months on a language much easier and faster than without.
I’ve used it most successfully for Indonesian because I had both things: I did 30 minutes of Duolingo every single day for four months and it got me to the point that I could practice with people on hellotalk. Two months later I went to Indonesia to hitchhike and I could communicate surprisingly well.
Language exchange chat app with built in translation/transliteration tools. Also a facebook-esque blogging aspect where you can ask for translations or whatever. I use it for Chinese and there is no shortage of people wanting a bilingual chat. Probably similar with other languages.
Unlimited translations and stuff are locked behind a paywall, but it’s a useful app if you have a groundwork in the language already and want to practice.
I stopped using it when I realized I’m using it more like a Chinese room AI who just pick the options that make nice sounds.
That’s the blue states, red states will have salafist madrassas with teachers made out of ham
