Unintentional Language Learning Apps
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:21 pm
Write a review of an app which is not a language learning app, yet nevertheless you use it for language learning!
Ideally, please say what languages are available, and if it's android or IOS!
Draw it
Since I read this thread, I have been looking for a way to pair my interest in drawing with my interest in language learning. This week it suddenly hit me: pictionary!
After looking thru a few apps, I have settled on Draw it.
Pros:
--Draw it gives you two options to draw, so if you don't know one word, you might know the other.
--It appears that some kind of AI guesses what you are drawing. This means you are not inconveniencing another person if your drawings are bad, or if you don't know either word and get stuck (there is a skip button as well, but it will make you watch an ad)
--Draw it is a competitive game, which makes it addictive. The rounds are timed, and the person who is able to make the AI guess the correct answer the most times in the allotted time wins.
--Ability to see what other people are drawing. Draw it appears to pair you with people who have unlocked the same words as you. So often, if you aren't 100% sure what the word is, you can guess based on what other people are drawing.
Cons:
--This is an ad supported app. There is a VIP option to get rid of them if this is a huge problem for you.
--Draw it does not have language settings, it chooses the language based on your phone's system language.
This is an app for both Android and iOS
I tested the app and it worked for:
English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, French, German, Turkish, Korean, Italian, Polish, Dutch
It did not work for:
Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Swahili, Vietnamese, Persian, Ukranian, Greek
I made an assumption that if it didn't have the larger language spoken in a region, it probably doesn't have the smaller ones either (EG, if there is no support for Hindi, I assumed there is no support for Punjabi, Bangla, or Tamil as well)
Ideally, please say what languages are available, and if it's android or IOS!
Draw it
Since I read this thread, I have been looking for a way to pair my interest in drawing with my interest in language learning. This week it suddenly hit me: pictionary!
After looking thru a few apps, I have settled on Draw it.
Pros:
--Draw it gives you two options to draw, so if you don't know one word, you might know the other.
--It appears that some kind of AI guesses what you are drawing. This means you are not inconveniencing another person if your drawings are bad, or if you don't know either word and get stuck (there is a skip button as well, but it will make you watch an ad)
--Draw it is a competitive game, which makes it addictive. The rounds are timed, and the person who is able to make the AI guess the correct answer the most times in the allotted time wins.
--Ability to see what other people are drawing. Draw it appears to pair you with people who have unlocked the same words as you. So often, if you aren't 100% sure what the word is, you can guess based on what other people are drawing.
Cons:
--This is an ad supported app. There is a VIP option to get rid of them if this is a huge problem for you.
--Draw it does not have language settings, it chooses the language based on your phone's system language.
This is an app for both Android and iOS
I tested the app and it worked for:
English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, French, German, Turkish, Korean, Italian, Polish, Dutch
It did not work for:
Hindi, Arabic, Indonesian, Swahili, Vietnamese, Persian, Ukranian, Greek
I made an assumption that if it didn't have the larger language spoken in a region, it probably doesn't have the smaller ones either (EG, if there is no support for Hindi, I assumed there is no support for Punjabi, Bangla, or Tamil as well)