![]() ![]() The video animations that illustrate the verbs now have a white background which is clearer. By moving away from 3d style buttons the screen has a less cluttered look and the use of a non-bold font for the verb parts makes for easier reading too. I didn’t feel there was much wrong with it but the new version is an improvement it’’s not a case of change for changes sake. This is the original version on the left. ![]() (You can see the original review here.) Since then I have been using it and the app has been updated, so I thought it was time for another look at this useful tool.įirst up, the user interface has been cleaned up. I reviewed the Learnbots application a while ago. You can see my other Smartphone language learning app reviews here. The Pro version adds features such Chat Bots and Grammar Bots to help with learning (though I am not sure if these are available for the Greek courses). The Memrise app is free to use in its simplest form (which is what I am doing) but there is also a Pro version (from $2.50 per month, depending on the length of commitment). I haven’t found out how to navigate to Greek courses on the iPhone app (although they certainly do work). Also take care to pick your course via the desktop app. īeware of the fact that the menus at Memrise mix up ancient and modern Greek courses on the same page. You find them all (at least the English-Greek ones) from this page:. I’m currently working with the course “ Top 2500 Words in Greek” but there are other topics covering different aspects of the language. The exact material presented is the result of the contributions of members of the Memrise community, so not all courses are identical in approach. ![]() You get good feedback on progress and the courses seem designed to reinforce learning as you go along. Courses can be delivered both on a Smartphone (search “memrise” in your appstore) or for a desktop device which you gain access to by opening an account here: The overall effect seems to be very helpful in getting the brain to remember the words and their meaning. These various questions types are randomised and when studying a number of words the various words are mixed in order. So a word is introduced with its meaning, it is them played as an audio – the student has to pick the word from a set of similar ones, the student is asked to type the Greek translation of the English or to select the correct English word for the Greek from a list. It’s a flash-card like system that delivers words and their translations in one of a number of ways and asks the student to respond either by picking or typing in an answer. I’m trying the Memrise app on my iPhone and it is proving quite a good system. One of my biggest challenges is remembering vocabulary and I have been looking for a good way to revise words on a regular basis to try and make them stick. ![]()
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