- What's language learning for? Reading, speaking, communicating with local.
- Chunk-based journaling with pronunciations and meaning, surrounded by grammar (word attributes and tones), terms, tenses.
- Essentials of language learning - words, chunks, tenses, tones, pronunciations
- use the framework of feel, mind, act, charm, rule, space, and time to learn languages
- Duolingo is a platform developed by a U.S. company offering language learning for free with gamification elements like XP for lessons learned, badges for levels.
- Be critical about its intentions of curriculum creators while learning.
- It lacks detailed grammar tips for Arabic
- for new Duolingo users that registered, the challenge will cost gems and have limited hearts;
- unlocking a level will only give 50 XP, and the heart used in the challenging won't affect the accumulated hearts daily.
- Lexilogos is a free knowledge and references hub on resources of language learnings, like dictionaries, synonym, keyboards, and maps maintained by Xavier Nègre from Marseille, France.
- a useful tool to convert notes in Latin letters to language systems using different characters
- Reverso Context is a platform that offers software and web extensions to help learn languages in its context with the definitions, synonyms, and conjugations, with its team based in France.
- Little Language Lessons is an AI-driven language learning experiment developed by Google, including 3 modules:
- Tiny Lesson for relevant vocabulary, phrases, and grammar tips based on situations selection - including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese
- Slang Hang to learn idioms, expressions with native speakers - including Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish
- Work Cam to snap a photo to learn how to speak in your surroundings - including Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
- Rosetta Stone (can be accessed through CPL in Canada for free) - designed to integrate writing, reading, grammar, speaking, listening, and vocabulary, with customized keyboard and alphabet pronunciation guide, using visualized learning of Western Languages; more immersive learning experience on one language, but still you can switch between languages before logging in, suitable for self-studying in a quiet room. Stories to listen and follow reading.
- Mango Languages (can be access through VPL in Canada for free) - more user control, smooth UI, most learning the conversations, grammar knowledge integrated into the each course, much user freedom, may get abused by users.
- International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Keyboard
- Scenario: self-introduction, feeling, body parts
- Icelandic chunks, German chunks, Japanese chunks, Russian chunks, Indonesian chunks, Portuguese chunks
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