What is your experience with Glossika?
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:05 pm
I am right now using mainly digital tools for review of my languages, because I have tons of other stuff to do, so I want to keep it playful, but still only with valuable tools (so no, I am not trying Duo again ). I've noticed Glossika has changed a lot in the last few years. It used to be just about repeating after audio, now you type too. It looks quite good, even though the short trial doesn't show some stuff.
I've asked them a few questions, it looks like they have 7000 sentences from A1 to B2 for the big languages, 3000 for the small one I asked about (Hebrew. Not available on Speakly at all). Unfortunately, the English based courses are the biggest one, so much for the "learn from whatever language you want" thing.
My expectations from such tools in general are rather realistic. It's about exposure, typing, saying stuff, review, something possible to do on top of other work. I am not a fan of "no grammar explanations", but I don't need those in this app, I have them elsewhere.
But there are a few different things I am curious about, if you'd be so kind to tell me:
-are you content with Glossika, if you've tried it?
-what do you like about it? What is it good for, and what is it simply not meant to do?
-have you noticed some results?
-is there any grading mechanism or feedback to your pronunciation? human checked (like Speechling), or software checked? Is it reliable?
I've asked them a few questions, it looks like they have 7000 sentences from A1 to B2 for the big languages, 3000 for the small one I asked about (Hebrew. Not available on Speakly at all). Unfortunately, the English based courses are the biggest one, so much for the "learn from whatever language you want" thing.
My expectations from such tools in general are rather realistic. It's about exposure, typing, saying stuff, review, something possible to do on top of other work. I am not a fan of "no grammar explanations", but I don't need those in this app, I have them elsewhere.
But there are a few different things I am curious about, if you'd be so kind to tell me:
-are you content with Glossika, if you've tried it?
-what do you like about it? What is it good for, and what is it simply not meant to do?
-have you noticed some results?
-is there any grading mechanism or feedback to your pronunciation? human checked (like Speechling), or software checked? Is it reliable?