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| Kees Nonaglot Newbie Canada learn-to-read-foreig Joined 5181 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, Swedish, French, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 12 30 January 2016 at 4:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Hi All!
I would like to introduce a FREE software program for Windows PC combining reading and word practice. Initially I had links to the demo's here, I am now working on uploading the full versions. Keep your eyes on this post as the demo's are replaced. Currently it is for Windows PC only. The difference with readlang and bliu-bliu and other sites is that every word has correctly conjugated and manually added translation. Most texts also have audio. 
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conjugation, if you have to look up 21,000 words (3,000 words on average seven times, as a wild example), it'll save you hours of study just by efficiency. * The software calculates the frequency of the words in the text and makes you practice them less if they're more frequent, so your time is spent more efficiently. * Flash cards are made immediately, they also contain a sentence, same here, this saves you a lot of time if you have a lot of them. * If you finished a book your progress page shows less new words per chapter in the next book as it takes into accounts the words from the old book, i.e. it will show your reading comprehension improving. * Each book has the equivalent of about 10,000 English words. Some more some less. The idea is to create books for every language, not just the big ones, once there's enough people actually buying or donating as well :-). Since we're using actual translators and people getting paid for audio we need funding. * The e-books have around 1,200 to 3,000 "unique" words to learn. 
The below links are for free full versions on Windows PC. For questions please contact me, or read the info pages in the software accessible via the Bermuda Word logo or the pop-ups on the settings page, or reply my post. Check out above .gif tutorial to see the speed of the mouse-over meanings and the efficient flash card system. Check out the FAQ below on how to set the software to use flash cards instead of a standard word-meaning "my words" list: Website Link Go to learn-to-read-foreign-languages.com Dutch Download the full Dutch software e-book with integrated vocabulary training here, or go to the page with information on the Dutch version here. French Download the full French software e-book with integrated vocabulary training here, or go to the page with information on the French version here. German Download the full German software e-book with integrated vocabulary training here, or go to the page with information on the German version here. Hungarian Download the full Hungarian software e-book with integrated vocabulary training here, or go to the page with information on the Hungarian version here. Indonesian (no audio) Download Indonesian Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Indonesian version here. Italian Download Italian Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Italian version here. Polish Download Polish Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Polish version here. Portuguese (no audio) Download Portuguese Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Portuguese version here. Russian Download Russian Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Russian version here. Spanish Download Spanish Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Spanish version here. Swedish Download Swedish Demo here, or go to the page with information on the Swedish version here. Short Stories If anyone is interested in the Short Stories for Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Spanish or Swedish, let me know and I'll add links for those as well. Free! The software is free but if you like the software and want to support the development of new languages or stories, just buy a copy from the site and fund the project: Learn-to-read-foreign-languages.com New Just let me know which languages or stories you'd like to see developed next! Thanks! Kees 
FAQ (to be edited) * Why are the number of tests not increasing of my words when I flash card them correctly or test them correctly: try turn teachermode (owl button) on, or make sure, if you have spaced repetition turned on, that the words are red or orange in your list which means you can practice them according to your schedule. * Why are words that I clicked not added to my word list: by default software will skip high frequency words, the threshold frequency being the retention factor, so you can set retention factor higher or turn this skipping off on settings page. Edited by Kees on 07 February 2016 at 8:09pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kees Nonaglot Newbie Canada learn-to-read-foreig Joined 5181 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Swedish, French, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian | Message 2 of 12 07 February 2016 at 8:19pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm uploading full versions of the software instead of Demo's. Please keep an eye on
the main post for the links of the full e-books :-) What we're trying to do is create the "perfect" material to learn to understand a foreign language (reading and listening): - a lot of it (text) - immediate availability of correct meanings (no readlang or bliu bliu) - correct, in context and same conjugation translations - audio (most of the e-books atm) - immediate flash card creation - spaced repetition schedule possible - read a foreign language from the start - while gaining lots of vocabulary - 1,200 to 3,000 unique words per e-book - (about 400 to 1,500 headwords, so ten thousands of new words you'll comprehend) Any comments (or help) welcome! Edited by Kees on 07 February 2016 at 8:20pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Speakeasy Senior Member Canada Joined 4049 days ago 507 posts - 1098 votes Studies: German | Message 3 of 12 07 February 2016 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Hello Kees,
Owing to the on-going technical and administrative problems associated with the maintenance of the HTLAL forum, a new/replacement forum was launched last year. Here is the LINK: A Language Learner's Forum. Most of the "more active" members have registered on the new forum and, not surprisingly, that is where most of the discussion now takes place. You might wish to consider doing likewise. I am sure that your post, above, would be welcomed there! 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 6494 days ago 265 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 12 07 February 2016 at 9:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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Speakeasy, I have just PMed Kees suggesting the
same thing! Hope to see them there! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kees Nonaglot Newbie Canada learn-to-read-foreig Joined 5181 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Swedish, French, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian | Message 5 of 12 07 February 2016 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the advice!
Actually, I had made an account there a few months ago. I can't figure out yet how to add my interests (languages and such) to my profile. I'll give it another try! I will try to keep this post updated as well, or put a link to the new post in it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Rhian Moderator France Joined 6494 days ago 265 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 12 07 February 2016 at 11:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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Yeah, the site still has improvements to make but
it's a pretty good site. If you do have any technical difficulties, make a thread in the Technical area and it should bring it to the admins' attention. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tangleweeds Groupie United States Joined 3572 days ago 70 posts - 105 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Irish, French | Message 7 of 12 08 February 2016 at 8:42pm | IP Logged | ||
It's an anti-spam thing. You need to make a few posts before you can fill in your profile. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Kees Nonaglot Newbie Canada learn-to-read-foreig Joined 5181 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Swedish, French, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian | Message 8 of 12 08 February 2016 at 11:29pm | IP Logged | ||
Ah, I was starting to suspect something like that! No problem I'll add it once I have enough posts at my name. Thanks for the info! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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