Very Good
Ive bought both the 24/7 Tutor vocab and phrases programs. Im really impressed by the methods used in these apps. What a great way to learn! There are several learning functions, each with a progressive level of difficulty. The inclusion of audio pronunciation for every word and phrase is perfect. This is so important for language learning. In this app you can hear the word at any point in the app where you encounter it.
The first function, study list, is similar to what most apps of this type provide: Spanish words along with spoken audio. Most apps just have this and little else but this app includes so much more.
The next function is the multiple choice quiz which is relatively easy because you can often narrow it down to a couple possibilities by process of elimination. A good way to use this quiz is to just listen to the audio rather than look a the text of the Spanish, then choose the answer. That way you can really improve your speech recognition abilities.
The puzzle quiz is similar to the classic hangman game where you select letters from the alphabet and the app fills in the word or phrase outline. This is really a fun method. You can cheat by listening to the audio and I usually do this initially rather than give up when I cant remember, esssntially making it an audio transciption test.
The write in quiz is the most difficult. It includes an option to show a line that indicates for each letter entered, whether its correct or not. I really like this because for a new word its often so hard to enter it exactly correctly the first time. After a couple interations I can usually turn off the option and spell the word from memory.
Other aspects of the app that are good are the score keeping and priority feature. The app displays your current score per quiz method for each category. That way you can easily track your progress. The priority feature allows you to just be tested on the words you need more pracrice with. This lets you optimize your time and focus on the most important items.
I hope they make more of these with additional vocabulary. I really like these apps.
jony1112 about Spanish Vocabulary 24/7 Language Learning, v3.6.8
