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Volte
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Message 17 of 19

21 September 2012 at 3:02pm | IP Logged

Arekkusu wrote:

If you use the iPad or another similar tablet, what would you envision as the ideal language course?

Unlike a book which is limited in functionality, use and space, an app format course could potentially contain all a learner could want, taking them from zero to advanced, using audio, video, games, SRS, links, forum functions, even the ability to add reading modules that perfectly match the course (or a peer-driven database of material), etc. For instance, you could click on any word, any time, hear it, see a definition, examples, have it imported to SRS or to a game, even increase the frequency of the words you query, etc.

What functions would you like to see in an ideal app? What would it do for you?

I don't want a single app: I want a collection of flexible tools. Monolithic apps that try to do everything are universally somewhat painful to use, and I don't want to see yet another bad implementation of SRS.

That said, the specific ideas you mention are interesting.
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Arekkusu
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21 September 2012 at 3:34pm | IP Logged

Volte wrote:

Arekkusu wrote:

But a single great app can be made!
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Hendrek
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Message 19 of 19

24 September 2012 at 7:35pm | IP Logged

Just having pronunciation cues within a pop-up definition would help a lot from my perspective. This drives me crazy in my target languages.

Italian: where's the syllable stress? Not always obvious, and I always think to myself: I'm reinforcing the wrong pronunciation... I just know it. For some reason, pop-up dictionaries don't usually include pronunciation.

Persian: short vowels!

A single program that can equally support most major text systems.

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