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I was just trying to learn #Esperanto on Clozemaster, but I think I’ve accidentally wandered into the Alpha Quadrant. 🖖

Apparently, this knife has a "klingon" (blade). Today is a good day to study! 🗡️✨

#LanguageLearning #StarTrek #Clozemaster #Klingon #Qapla #eo #esperanto

I was just trying to learn #Esperanto on Clozemaster, but I think I’ve accidentally wandered into the Alpha Quadrant. 🖖

Apparently, this knife has a "klingon" (blade). Today is a good day to study! 🗡️✨

#LanguageLearning #StarTrek #Clozemaster #Klingon #Qapla #eo #esperanto

I was just trying to learn #Esperanto on Clozemaster, but I think I’ve accidentally wandered into the Alpha Quadrant. 🖖

Apparently, this knife has a "klingon" (blade). Today is a good day to study! 🗡️✨

#LanguageLearning #StarTrek #Clozemaster #Klingon #Qapla #eo #esperanto

I was just trying to learn #Esperanto on Clozemaster, but I think I’ve accidentally wandered into the Alpha Quadrant. 🖖

Apparently, this knife has a "klingon" (blade). Today is a good day to study! 🗡️✨

#LanguageLearning #StarTrek #Clozemaster #Klingon #Qapla #eo #esperanto

I was just trying to learn #Esperanto on Clozemaster, but I think I’ve accidentally wandered into the Alpha Quadrant. 🖖

Apparently, this knife has a "klingon" (blade). Today is a good day to study! 🗡️✨

#LanguageLearning #StarTrek #Clozemaster #Klingon #Qapla #eo #esperanto

Common Ear: "Improve your listening skills and finally learn to understand native speakers in another language."

This is really, really good for advanced language learning. I've been using it for languages I'm already fluent in and I'm amazed how useful it is. Finally making some progress after years of plateau.

https://www.commonear.com

Made by the team behind #Clozemaster.

#CommonEar #languagelearning

Common Ear: "Improve your listening skills and finally learn to understand native speakers in another language."

This is really, really good for advanced language learning. I've been using it for languages I'm already fluent in and I'm amazed how useful it is. Finally making some progress after years of plateau.

https://www.commonear.com

Made by the team behind #Clozemaster.

#CommonEar #languagelearning

Common Ear: "Improve your listening skills and finally learn to understand native speakers in another language."

This is really, really good for advanced language learning. I've been using it for languages I'm already fluent in and I'm amazed how useful it is. Finally making some progress after years of plateau.

https://www.commonear.com

Made by the team behind #Clozemaster.

#CommonEar #languagelearning

Common Ear: "Improve your listening skills and finally learn to understand native speakers in another language."

This is really, really good for advanced language learning. I've been using it for languages I'm already fluent in and I'm amazed how useful it is. Finally making some progress after years of plateau.

https://www.commonear.com

Made by the team behind #Clozemaster.

#CommonEar #languagelearning

This morning I managed to complete master the 1000 most common words in Finnish on #Clozemaster.

This morning I managed to complete master the 1000 most common words in Finnish on #Clozemaster.

#语言学习 #长毛象安利大会 推荐 #ClozeMaster ！苹果安卓都有app，直接用网页版也方便：https://www.clozemaster.com

优点：
1.在句子中学习单词
我之前的一个理论是「学文章能记句子，学句子能记单词，学单词只能记字母」。在情境中学习很容易，比死记硬背强太多了。

2.例句实用有趣+自动发音
我的经验是从课本中学习的知识都过于死板，生活中未必用得上。很多口语化的词句要么在生活里学，要么狂刷油管tiktok模拟在生活里学。ClozeMaster里整合了许多这样的实用例句。

以西语为例，我刷了那么多课本和油管，买菜点餐都是我要这个/谢谢/结账/再见之类的。只有ClozeMaster出现了“不用了，这些就是全部了。”（No, eso es todo.）天啊！我多次出门买菜点餐被问到“还需要别的吗”都只会像傻瓜一样说“不用了谢谢”（No gracias）！！！

3.按需选择，循序渐进
较热门的语种都有很多合集可以选择，从常用词100/500/1000-5000到语法练习都有，官方还有一万句速成合集（1000个句子一共10组，由简单到复杂）。

4.免费
免费用户一天能学30个句子，几分钟以内就搞定了，比多邻国打卡轻松太多，非常适合精力有限的人，尤其打工人。

5.网页底下收录了很多学习资源
是很用心收集的学习资源，因为好多都是我也会用的app/网页。不像有些语言类学习app/网页给的文章资源都是什么低质量合集，看都不想看。

6.像素风游戏化的界面还挺可爱的

缺点：
1.升级时毫无预警出现的音效很吓人，建议关了。
2.免费用户无法查看句库里的内容、无法星标句子，自由度上不如 #drops 等app。

- - -

给免费用户的小贴士：
建议遇到自己觉得很好懂的句子时直接ignore，这样下次就不会遇到了。毕竟每天只有30个句子，名额宝贵。不从句库里删掉的话下次复习还会出现，还会占名额。

- - -

总结：

ClozeMaster在我眼里是“连词成句”的好帮手，可以避免传统学习导致的“每个词都认识，合起来就不认识了”。

不推荐完全零基础的学习者使用。如果点进最简单的合集还是一脸懵逼，建议先用别的app（如drops和memrise）提升词汇量。

最近黑五半价，我的体验是如果平时比较忙没什么精力免费版其实也够用了。

#语言学习 #长毛象安利大会 推荐 #ClozeMaster ！苹果安卓都有app，直接用网页版也方便：https://www.clozemaster.com

优点：
1.在句子中学习单词
我之前的一个理论是「学文章能记句子，学句子能记单词，学单词只能记字母」。在情境中学习很容易，比死记硬背强太多了。

2.例句实用有趣+自动发音
我的经验是从课本中学习的知识都过于死板，生活中未必用得上。很多口语化的词句要么在生活里学，要么狂刷油管tiktok模拟在生活里学。ClozeMaster里整合了许多这样的实用例句。

以西语为例，我刷了那么多课本和油管，买菜点餐都是我要这个/谢谢/结账/再见之类的。只有ClozeMaster出现了“不用了，这些就是全部了。”（No, eso es todo.）天啊！我多次出门买菜点餐被问到“还需要别的吗”都只会像傻瓜一样说“不用了谢谢”（No gracias）！！！

3.按需选择，循序渐进
较热门的语种都有很多合集可以选择，从常用词100/500/1000-5000到语法练习都有，官方还有一万句速成合集（1000个句子一共10组，由简单到复杂）。

4.免费
免费用户一天能学30个句子，几分钟以内就搞定了，比多邻国打卡轻松太多，非常适合精力有限的人，尤其打工人。

5.网页底下收录了很多学习资源
是很用心收集的学习资源，因为好多都是我也会用的app/网页。不像有些语言类学习app/网页给的文章资源都是什么低质量合集，看都不想看。

6.像素风游戏化的界面还挺可爱的

缺点：
1.升级时毫无预警出现的音效很吓人，建议关了。
2.免费用户无法查看句库里的内容、无法星标句子，自由度上不如 #drops 等app。

- - -

给免费用户的小贴士：
建议遇到自己觉得很好懂的句子时直接ignore，这样下次就不会遇到了。毕竟每天只有30个句子，名额宝贵。不从句库里删掉的话下次复习还会出现，还会占名额。

- - -

总结：

ClozeMaster在我眼里是“连词成句”的好帮手，可以避免传统学习导致的“每个词都认识，合起来就不认识了”。

不推荐完全零基础的学习者使用。如果点进最简单的合集还是一脸懵逼，建议先用别的app（如drops和memrise）提升词汇量。

最近黑五半价，我的体验是如果平时比较忙没什么精力免费版其实也够用了。

#语言学习 #长毛象安利大会 推荐 #ClozeMaster ！苹果安卓都有app，直接用网页版也方便：https://www.clozemaster.com

优点：
1.在句子中学习单词
我之前的一个理论是「学文章能记句子，学句子能记单词，学单词只能记字母」。在情境中学习很容易，比死记硬背强太多了。

2.例句实用有趣+自动发音
我的经验是从课本中学习的知识都过于死板，生活中未必用得上。很多口语化的词句要么在生活里学，要么狂刷油管tiktok模拟在生活里学。ClozeMaster里整合了许多这样的实用例句。

以西语为例，我刷了那么多课本和油管，买菜点餐都是我要这个/谢谢/结账/再见之类的。只有ClozeMaster出现了“不用了，这些就是全部了。”（No, eso es todo.）天啊！我多次出门买菜点餐被问到“还需要别的吗”都只会像傻瓜一样说“不用了谢谢”（No gracias）！！！

3.按需选择，循序渐进
较热门的语种都有很多合集可以选择，从常用词100/500/1000-5000到语法练习都有，官方还有一万句速成合集（1000个句子一共10组，由简单到复杂）。

4.免费
免费用户一天能学30个句子，几分钟以内就搞定了，比多邻国打卡轻松太多，非常适合精力有限的人，尤其打工人。

5.网页底下收录了很多学习资源
是很用心收集的学习资源，因为好多都是我也会用的app/网页。不像有些语言类学习app/网页给的文章资源都是什么低质量合集，看都不想看。

6.像素风游戏化的界面还挺可爱的

缺点：
1.升级时毫无预警出现的音效很吓人，建议关了。
2.免费用户无法查看句库里的内容、无法星标句子，自由度上不如 #drops 等app。

- - -

给免费用户的小贴士：
建议遇到自己觉得很好懂的句子时直接ignore，这样下次就不会遇到了。毕竟每天只有30个句子，名额宝贵。不从句库里删掉的话下次复习还会出现，还会占名额。

- - -

总结：

ClozeMaster在我眼里是“连词成句”的好帮手，可以避免传统学习导致的“每个词都认识，合起来就不认识了”。

不推荐完全零基础的学习者使用。如果点进最简单的合集还是一脸懵逼，建议先用别的app（如drops和memrise）提升词汇量。

最近黑五半价，我的体验是如果平时比较忙没什么精力免费版其实也够用了。

#语言学习 #长毛象安利大会 推荐 #ClozeMaster ！苹果安卓都有app，直接用网页版也方便：https://www.clozemaster.com

优点：
1.在句子中学习单词
我之前的一个理论是「学文章能记句子，学句子能记单词，学单词只能记字母」。在情境中学习很容易，比死记硬背强太多了。

2.例句实用有趣+自动发音
我的经验是从课本中学习的知识都过于死板，生活中未必用得上。很多口语化的词句要么在生活里学，要么狂刷油管tiktok模拟在生活里学。ClozeMaster里整合了许多这样的实用例句。

以西语为例，我刷了那么多课本和油管，买菜点餐都是我要这个/谢谢/结账/再见之类的。只有ClozeMaster出现了“不用了，这些就是全部了。”（No, eso es todo.）天啊！我多次出门买菜点餐被问到“还需要别的吗”都只会像傻瓜一样说“不用了谢谢”（No gracias）！！！

3.按需选择，循序渐进
较热门的语种都有很多合集可以选择，从常用词100/500/1000-5000到语法练习都有，官方还有一万句速成合集（1000个句子一共10组，由简单到复杂）。

4.免费
免费用户一天能学30个句子，几分钟以内就搞定了，比多邻国打卡轻松太多，非常适合精力有限的人，尤其打工人。

5.网页底下收录了很多学习资源
是很用心收集的学习资源，因为好多都是我也会用的app/网页。不像有些语言类学习app/网页给的文章资源都是什么低质量合集，看都不想看。

6.像素风游戏化的界面还挺可爱的

缺点：
1.升级时毫无预警出现的音效很吓人，建议关了。
2.免费用户无法查看句库里的内容、无法星标句子，自由度上不如 #drops 等app。

- - -

给免费用户的小贴士：
建议遇到自己觉得很好懂的句子时直接ignore，这样下次就不会遇到了。毕竟每天只有30个句子，名额宝贵。不从句库里删掉的话下次复习还会出现，还会占名额。

- - -

总结：

ClozeMaster在我眼里是“连词成句”的好帮手，可以避免传统学习导致的“每个词都认识，合起来就不认识了”。

不推荐完全零基础的学习者使用。如果点进最简单的合集还是一脸懵逼，建议先用别的app（如drops和memrise）提升词汇量。

最近黑五半价，我的体验是如果平时比较忙没什么精力免费版其实也够用了。

#语言学习 #长毛象安利大会 推荐 #ClozeMaster ！苹果安卓都有app，直接用网页版也方便：https://www.clozemaster.com

优点：
1.在句子中学习单词
我之前的一个理论是「学文章能记句子，学句子能记单词，学单词只能记字母」。在情境中学习很容易，比死记硬背强太多了。

2.例句实用有趣+自动发音
我的经验是从课本中学习的知识都过于死板，生活中未必用得上。很多口语化的词句要么在生活里学，要么狂刷油管tiktok模拟在生活里学。ClozeMaster里整合了许多这样的实用例句。

以西语为例，我刷了那么多课本和油管，买菜点餐都是我要这个/谢谢/结账/再见之类的。只有ClozeMaster出现了“不用了，这些就是全部了。”（No, eso es todo.）天啊！我多次出门买菜点餐被问到“还需要别的吗”都只会像傻瓜一样说“不用了谢谢”（No gracias）！！！

3.按需选择，循序渐进
较热门的语种都有很多合集可以选择，从常用词100/500/1000-5000到语法练习都有，官方还有一万句速成合集（1000个句子一共10组，由简单到复杂）。

4.免费
免费用户一天能学30个句子，几分钟以内就搞定了，比多邻国打卡轻松太多，非常适合精力有限的人，尤其打工人。

5.网页底下收录了很多学习资源
是很用心收集的学习资源，因为好多都是我也会用的app/网页。不像有些语言类学习app/网页给的文章资源都是什么低质量合集，看都不想看。

6.像素风游戏化的界面还挺可爱的

缺点：
1.升级时毫无预警出现的音效很吓人，建议关了。
2.免费用户无法查看句库里的内容、无法星标句子，自由度上不如 #drops 等app。

- - -

给免费用户的小贴士：
建议遇到自己觉得很好懂的句子时直接ignore，这样下次就不会遇到了。毕竟每天只有30个句子，名额宝贵。不从句库里删掉的话下次复习还会出现，还会占名额。

- - -

总结：

ClozeMaster在我眼里是“连词成句”的好帮手，可以避免传统学习导致的“每个词都认识，合起来就不认识了”。

不推荐完全零基础的学习者使用。如果点进最简单的合集还是一脸懵逼，建议先用别的app（如drops和memrise）提升词汇量。

最近黑五半价，我的体验是如果平时比较忙没什么精力免费版其实也够用了。

#语言学习 推荐 #ADHD 搞两台设备刷app学习。

有些app有时间限制，比如drops免费用户每天能学5分钟，争分夺秒多学一两个词会让ADHDer高度集中注意力，不容易觉得无聊：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110245641251810884

别的app在等待新题/新单词的时候容易感到无聊。众所周知ADHD一无聊就痛苦，而逼自己沉浸在痛苦的学习中极不利于学语言。

往期回顾之情感过滤假说：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110621683412589916

所以作为易感知无聊的ADHD人士，可以：

1.手机和电脑同时打开不同的app/网页进行学习
2.搞一台备用手机下一堆语言学习app，和主力手机同时打开不同的app进行学习
3.搞一台单词机，在刷手机app的同时刷单词机的单词和例句
4.在刷app的同时看书/课本

之前我两部手机同时刷感觉爽得飞起，后来一部屏幕坏了还没修，最近闲下来继续学语言但觉得过程逐渐变得无聊，每次过程中需要等待的0.01秒（比如提交完答案的瞬间）都变得难以忍受，这才发现是因为我没法「两部手机同时刷」……于是拿出了久违的单词机，舒服了。

我的价值观是「免费的就是最好的」，所以几乎不会花钱买app试用，都是免费部分用了觉得特别好才一次性购买终身版。（这么多年来也只买了Memrise和Drops。）但真的推荐各位在狂学语言的ADHDer有条件的搞两部设备同时刷。

很多老旧型号的手机都可以300以下收一台备用，便宜并且性能不影响刷app学习。（如果有身份分隔的需求也可以通过备用机实现，或者本来就有备用机那就更好了。）不带发音的单词机百元以内可以收到，带发音的稍贵一些。不过单词机对小语种不是太友善，很多只有英语发音，但如果你学的是英语或者发音简单无需音标的欧洲语言，就不用太担心了。

至于刷什么app，市面上的app层出不穷，可以多下几个轮流刷。我在学西语，刷（过）的有 #InfiniteSpanish #Drops #Memrise #Busuu #SpanishDict #Clozemaster #Lingualia

语言学习app对比：Drops/Memrise/Duolingo
https://xunhuan2046.bearblog.dev/appdropsmemriseduolingo/

更多内容从博客目录里扒拉吧。

不在狂学/不想花钱的可以试试分心学习法：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110772575477833175

#学习小技巧

#语言学习 推荐 #ADHD 搞两台设备刷app学习。

有些app有时间限制，比如drops免费用户每天能学5分钟，争分夺秒多学一两个词会让ADHDer高度集中注意力，不容易觉得无聊：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110245641251810884

别的app在等待新题/新单词的时候容易感到无聊。众所周知ADHD一无聊就痛苦，而逼自己沉浸在痛苦的学习中极不利于学语言。

往期回顾之情感过滤假说：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110621683412589916

所以作为易感知无聊的ADHD人士，可以：

1.手机和电脑同时打开不同的app/网页进行学习
2.搞一台备用手机下一堆语言学习app，和主力手机同时打开不同的app进行学习
3.搞一台单词机，在刷手机app的同时刷单词机的单词和例句
4.在刷app的同时看书/课本

之前我两部手机同时刷感觉爽得飞起，后来一部屏幕坏了还没修，最近闲下来继续学语言但觉得过程逐渐变得无聊，每次过程中需要等待的0.01秒（比如提交完答案的瞬间）都变得难以忍受，这才发现是因为我没法「两部手机同时刷」……于是拿出了久违的单词机，舒服了。

我的价值观是「免费的就是最好的」，所以几乎不会花钱买app试用，都是免费部分用了觉得特别好才一次性购买终身版。（这么多年来也只买了Memrise和Drops。）但真的推荐各位在狂学语言的ADHDer有条件的搞两部设备同时刷。

很多老旧型号的手机都可以300以下收一台备用，便宜并且性能不影响刷app学习。（如果有身份分隔的需求也可以通过备用机实现，或者本来就有备用机那就更好了。）不带发音的单词机百元以内可以收到，带发音的稍贵一些。不过单词机对小语种不是太友善，很多只有英语发音，但如果你学的是英语或者发音简单无需音标的欧洲语言，就不用太担心了。

至于刷什么app，市面上的app层出不穷，可以多下几个轮流刷。我在学西语，刷（过）的有 #InfiniteSpanish #Drops #Memrise #Busuu #SpanishDict #Clozemaster #Lingualia

语言学习app对比：Drops/Memrise/Duolingo
https://xunhuan2046.bearblog.dev/appdropsmemriseduolingo/

更多内容从博客目录里扒拉吧。

不在狂学/不想花钱的可以试试分心学习法：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110772575477833175

#学习小技巧

#语言学习 推荐 #ADHD 搞两台设备刷app学习。

有些app有时间限制，比如drops免费用户每天能学5分钟，争分夺秒多学一两个词会让ADHDer高度集中注意力，不容易觉得无聊：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110245641251810884

别的app在等待新题/新单词的时候容易感到无聊。众所周知ADHD一无聊就痛苦，而逼自己沉浸在痛苦的学习中极不利于学语言。

往期回顾之情感过滤假说：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110621683412589916

所以作为易感知无聊的ADHD人士，可以：

1.手机和电脑同时打开不同的app/网页进行学习
2.搞一台备用手机下一堆语言学习app，和主力手机同时打开不同的app进行学习
3.搞一台单词机，在刷手机app的同时刷单词机的单词和例句
4.在刷app的同时看书/课本

之前我两部手机同时刷感觉爽得飞起，后来一部屏幕坏了还没修，最近闲下来继续学语言但觉得过程逐渐变得无聊，每次过程中需要等待的0.01秒（比如提交完答案的瞬间）都变得难以忍受，这才发现是因为我没法「两部手机同时刷」……于是拿出了久违的单词机，舒服了。

我的价值观是「免费的就是最好的」，所以几乎不会花钱买app试用，都是免费部分用了觉得特别好才一次性购买终身版。（这么多年来也只买了Memrise和Drops。）但真的推荐各位在狂学语言的ADHDer有条件的搞两部设备同时刷。

很多老旧型号的手机都可以300以下收一台备用，便宜并且性能不影响刷app学习。（如果有身份分隔的需求也可以通过备用机实现，或者本来就有备用机那就更好了。）不带发音的单词机百元以内可以收到，带发音的稍贵一些。不过单词机对小语种不是太友善，很多只有英语发音，但如果你学的是英语或者发音简单无需音标的欧洲语言，就不用太担心了。

至于刷什么app，市面上的app层出不穷，可以多下几个轮流刷。我在学西语，刷（过）的有 #InfiniteSpanish #Drops #Memrise #Busuu #SpanishDict #Clozemaster #Lingualia

语言学习app对比：Drops/Memrise/Duolingo
https://xunhuan2046.bearblog.dev/appdropsmemriseduolingo/

更多内容从博客目录里扒拉吧。

不在狂学/不想花钱的可以试试分心学习法：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110772575477833175

#学习小技巧

#语言学习 推荐 #ADHD 搞两台设备刷app学习。

有些app有时间限制，比如drops免费用户每天能学5分钟，争分夺秒多学一两个词会让ADHDer高度集中注意力，不容易觉得无聊：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110245641251810884

别的app在等待新题/新单词的时候容易感到无聊。众所周知ADHD一无聊就痛苦，而逼自己沉浸在痛苦的学习中极不利于学语言。

往期回顾之情感过滤假说：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110621683412589916

所以作为易感知无聊的ADHD人士，可以：

1.手机和电脑同时打开不同的app/网页进行学习
2.搞一台备用手机下一堆语言学习app，和主力手机同时打开不同的app进行学习
3.搞一台单词机，在刷手机app的同时刷单词机的单词和例句
4.在刷app的同时看书/课本

之前我两部手机同时刷感觉爽得飞起，后来一部屏幕坏了还没修，最近闲下来继续学语言但觉得过程逐渐变得无聊，每次过程中需要等待的0.01秒（比如提交完答案的瞬间）都变得难以忍受，这才发现是因为我没法「两部手机同时刷」……于是拿出了久违的单词机，舒服了。

我的价值观是「免费的就是最好的」，所以几乎不会花钱买app试用，都是免费部分用了觉得特别好才一次性购买终身版。（这么多年来也只买了Memrise和Drops。）但真的推荐各位在狂学语言的ADHDer有条件的搞两部设备同时刷。

很多老旧型号的手机都可以300以下收一台备用，便宜并且性能不影响刷app学习。（如果有身份分隔的需求也可以通过备用机实现，或者本来就有备用机那就更好了。）不带发音的单词机百元以内可以收到，带发音的稍贵一些。不过单词机对小语种不是太友善，很多只有英语发音，但如果你学的是英语或者发音简单无需音标的欧洲语言，就不用太担心了。

至于刷什么app，市面上的app层出不穷，可以多下几个轮流刷。我在学西语，刷（过）的有 #InfiniteSpanish #Drops #Memrise #Busuu #SpanishDict #Clozemaster #Lingualia

语言学习app对比：Drops/Memrise/Duolingo
https://xunhuan2046.bearblog.dev/appdropsmemriseduolingo/

更多内容从博客目录里扒拉吧。

不在狂学/不想花钱的可以试试分心学习法：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110772575477833175

#学习小技巧

#语言学习 推荐 #ADHD 搞两台设备刷app学习。

有些app有时间限制，比如drops免费用户每天能学5分钟，争分夺秒多学一两个词会让ADHDer高度集中注意力，不容易觉得无聊：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110245641251810884

别的app在等待新题/新单词的时候容易感到无聊。众所周知ADHD一无聊就痛苦，而逼自己沉浸在痛苦的学习中极不利于学语言。

往期回顾之情感过滤假说：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110621683412589916

所以作为易感知无聊的ADHD人士，可以：

1.手机和电脑同时打开不同的app/网页进行学习
2.搞一台备用手机下一堆语言学习app，和主力手机同时打开不同的app进行学习
3.搞一台单词机，在刷手机app的同时刷单词机的单词和例句
4.在刷app的同时看书/课本

之前我两部手机同时刷感觉爽得飞起，后来一部屏幕坏了还没修，最近闲下来继续学语言但觉得过程逐渐变得无聊，每次过程中需要等待的0.01秒（比如提交完答案的瞬间）都变得难以忍受，这才发现是因为我没法「两部手机同时刷」……于是拿出了久违的单词机，舒服了。

我的价值观是「免费的就是最好的」，所以几乎不会花钱买app试用，都是免费部分用了觉得特别好才一次性购买终身版。（这么多年来也只买了Memrise和Drops。）但真的推荐各位在狂学语言的ADHDer有条件的搞两部设备同时刷。

很多老旧型号的手机都可以300以下收一台备用，便宜并且性能不影响刷app学习。（如果有身份分隔的需求也可以通过备用机实现，或者本来就有备用机那就更好了。）不带发音的单词机百元以内可以收到，带发音的稍贵一些。不过单词机对小语种不是太友善，很多只有英语发音，但如果你学的是英语或者发音简单无需音标的欧洲语言，就不用太担心了。

至于刷什么app，市面上的app层出不穷，可以多下几个轮流刷。我在学西语，刷（过）的有 #InfiniteSpanish #Drops #Memrise #Busuu #SpanishDict #Clozemaster #Lingualia

语言学习app对比：Drops/Memrise/Duolingo
https://xunhuan2046.bearblog.dev/appdropsmemriseduolingo/

更多内容从博客目录里扒拉吧。

不在狂学/不想花钱的可以试试分心学习法：https://m.cmx.im/@xunhuan2046/110772575477833175

#学习小技巧

@jukselapp Merka plutselig at "explanations" på en gratis språkspill-app jeg driver med (#Clozemaster) er generert av ChtGTP 😅

Usikker på om jeg skal være imponert over mulighetene med #AI eller bekymra over kvaliteten på forklaringene jeg får.

@jukselapp Merka plutselig at "explanations" på en gratis språkspill-app jeg driver med (#Clozemaster) er generert av ChtGTP 😅

Usikker på om jeg skal være imponert over mulighetene med #AI eller bekymra over kvaliteten på forklaringene jeg får.

@jukselapp Merka plutselig at "explanations" på en gratis språkspill-app jeg driver med (#Clozemaster) er generert av ChtGTP 😅

Usikker på om jeg skal være imponert over mulighetene med #AI eller bekymra over kvaliteten på forklaringene jeg får.

@jukselapp Merka plutselig at "explanations" på en gratis språkspill-app jeg driver med (#Clozemaster) er generert av ChtGTP 😅

Usikker på om jeg skal være imponert over mulighetene med #AI eller bekymra over kvaliteten på forklaringene jeg får.

For the past 60 days, I have been intensively studying the Italian language. I want to learn Italian in order to better serve our ASL Opera project since 50% of the most popular operas were written in Italian (25% were written in German, and 15% were written in French). I understand modern Italian isn’t the same as “original opera Italian” — but learning something new only helps deepen the appreciation of the comprehension of the context of the original aesthetic. In this article, I will share with you some of the treasures, and techniques, I have been using to apply a greater understanding to my Italian learning.

Learning a new language can be a challenge. When I first met my beloved Janna more than 35 years ago, one condition of our dating was that I learn her language — American Sign Language. Since that time, Janna — who happens to be Deaf — and I have written ASL books, performed together, and taught ASL together many times!

As ASL teachers, Janna and I believe in total immersion, and we also believe that in our real lives and in our classrooms. No English! No PSE! Just use pure ASL. You’ll learn, and sustain, a language better and faster that way.

I have done my best to apply that immersion thinking to my Italian learning. Complete and total immersion whenever possible. Some believe adults have a harder time learning a new language than a child, but I disagree. Adults know how to make associations with existing grammar, and syntax, and that gives adults the power of leveling up faster than our infant contemporary language learners!

Here is my Italian learning plan. When I’m not directly studying in my Apps, I am using the following methods to provide immersion as often as possible.

1. 1. TV. Comcast offers two Italian channels for an extra monthly fee. They also offer other foreign language channels like German and French!
   2. Radio App — talk and music. The iPhone store is filled with Italian streaming Apps. You can also stream directly from the internet.
   3. iPhone Language. I changed the language on my iPhone and iPad from English to Italian. Sure, it’s a little scary, but I have Janna’s English iPhone to help me out if I get stuck. I also changed the time to a 24-hour clock.
   4. Keyboard language on phones and computers. I use an Italian keyboard whenever I can. That’s my new default. Force it to learn it!
   5. Apple Watch. I changed the language on my Apple Watch to Italian. Force it to learn it!
   6. Podcasts. Listening to podcasts can also really help you learn Italian fast.
   7. Music. Singing along is a great, modern, way to learn a musical language to a beat. Melody sharing makes the learning less traditional, and more exciting!
   8. TV shows. YouTube has a lot of Italian learning shows. They are helpful! Episodic television is also a wonderful way to add familiar context to the Italian overdubbing.
   9. Movies. Netflix has Italian content with English captions.
   10. CiborTV. This is a box you buy, like an Apple TV, that provides subscription content for Italian television channels. CiborTV is my greatest secret weapon for ongoing daily passive immersion.

One of the biggest blockades to learning Italian is the four years I spent learning Spanish 45 years ago. When I “think” in my target language of Italian, the dark memory of the Spanish word first creeps to mind. I never became fluent in Spanish! I regret not studying harder all those years ago. Senorita Byrd: “I apologize for not being a more apt student!”

For my Italian study, I subscribe to several Italian language newspapers, but my main weapon in learning is my Apps. Here is a review — on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best — of the Italian language learning Apps I use every day. I study a minimum of 90 minutes a day using these Apps. I have, probably 25 Apps in total, but these particular Apps provide a lifetime subscription: Buy once, learn forever! That, to me, is important in learning a new language, because you will always, for your lifetime, be working on learning the language. Apps that charge only a monthly, or a yearly fee, are not included in this review.

Babbel (3/10)
Babbel does a lot of television advertising. Their learning quit on me when a lesson I was studying stopped working. The problem was repeatable. I reported to Babbel the trouble I was having, along with steps to reproduce the bug, and screenshots — you can’t move on until you finish a lesson, and I was forever stuck on a blank screen for Lesson 7 — and Babbel support brushed me off! They told me to restart my browser. I stopped right there and gave up on Babbel. That is the danger of paying once with access forever. If you can’t access the lessons, there is no forever — and the company, after being paid, has zero incentive to keep you actively learning! There are also no study guides you can print out for each lesson to help you memorize the work. The problem was 100% confirmed on the Babbel side, and they did not care. 

LingoDeer (5/10)
LingoDeer sells itself as an Asian language learning App, but they do offer a few other languages, like Italian. So far, their strict learning style is often effective. Their printable notes are comprehensive and helpful. The teaching style is raw, though. I call LingoDeer the “meaner sister of Duolingo.” The early lessons were super difficult and unforgiving, now the later lessons are a little more relaxed and fun to “play.”

Rosetta Stone (4/10)
Rosetta Stone is the old dude in the room and uses a visual learning approach. There are no printable lessons. You look at images and divine vocabulary and grammar all on your own. Alone, Rosetta Stone would not be a great way to learn a language, but adding it to the ganglia of other learning tools I have employed, it’s a definite winner in making one “think different” in real time. Their spoken language recognition engine is pitiful. It does not work. I have, unfortunately, turned off its voice feature after week 6.

Lingopie (8/10)
Lingopie is super interesting and immersive. They provide videos with both English and Italian captions. You can turn off the captions if you don’t want to see them. If you don’t know a word, you click on it, and that word gets defined for you and added to your Pop Quiz queue. There’s also a Netflix browser plugin that will “Lingopie” Italian content on Netflix that will help you learn even faster. Lingopie will only get better with time!

Clozemaster (10/10)
Clozemaster is my favorite learning tool — it thinks, and processes information, just as I do — and that’s a rare thing to find in the real world! Designed like a retro-style 80s video game, Clozemaster helps you quickly close in on your target language goals. ChatGPT-4 explains the idea behind “cloze” learning:

A “cloze” test is used in language learning and pedagogy to assess an individual’s comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills. It is a valuable tool for both educators and students in various language learning contexts.

In a cloze test, certain words or phrases within a text are systematically removed and replaced with blanks. The learner is then asked to fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases to complete the sentences. The omitted words are usually chosen based on specific criteria, such as every nth word or specific grammatical structures.

Here’s how the cloze method is applied in language learning:

1. **Assessment of Vocabulary and Grammar**: By strategically removing certain words or phrases, teachers can assess a student’s grasp of vocabulary and grammatical structures. For example, removing verbs can test understanding of verb tenses.

2. **Reading Comprehension**: Cloze tests can be tailored to evaluate a student’s ability to understand context and meaning within a text. By choosing which words to omit, a teacher can measure specific reading comprehension skills.

3. **Promoting Contextual Learning**: Unlike isolated word lists, cloze tests promote learning words and structures in context, allowing students to understand how they are used in real communication.

4. **Differentiated Instruction**: Teachers can modify the difficulty of a cloze test based on the needs and abilities of individual students, making it a flexible tool for different learning levels.

5. **Integration into Various Language Skills**: Cloze tests can be integrated into reading, listening, writing, and speaking exercises, making them a multifaceted tool for comprehensive language learning.

6. **Feedback and Reflection**: The immediate feedback provided by cloze tests helps students recognize their mistakes and reflect on their understanding, thus fostering continuous improvement.

In summary, cloze tests provide a practical, adaptable, and effective way to evaluate and enhance various aspects of language learning. They promote contextual learning and provide a multi-dimensional approach that can be tailored to individual student needs.

For a scholarly insight into the subject, you may refer to the book “Cloze Procedure: An Alternative Approach to Reading in Foreign Language Training” by J.H. Robinson (1980), which provides an in-depth analysis of the application of cloze in foreign language training.

Drops (9/10)
Drops was a magnificent surprise. Drops focuses on helping you learn Italian vocabulary in just 5 minutes a day. You can study for a longer period of time if you pay. Drops is fun to use, beautiful to look at, and a wonder at teaching. It’s just fun! I start my day with Drops to give myself a boost of confidence, and joy, before the harder work of learning begins.

Memrise (6/10)
Memrise is a strange beast. I’m not completely certain I understand what it is or what the goals are of the App. You sometimes get video clips of phrases — some are just silly, and I skip them — which you then get tested on in multiple choice boxes. They also provide a strange “video” conversation with people talking to themselves — like a TikTok story — that I find more annoying than engaging. Memrise does have a ChatGPT-3 dialogue interaction that can be fun, but even that feels just a little old and limited.

edX (1/10)
I was super excited to take the Italian lessons on edX, but the teaching is really old — the expert Italian language folks on Reddit told me many of the words being taught on edX were no longer colloquial, and they urged me to dump the lessons, and I did. The learning interface feels like a 1990s website project gone wrong. There was so much unlimited promise here that just failed to deliver.

Anki (3/10)
People either seem to love Anki flashcards or they hate them. I’m sort of in the middle. I get how Anki can be helpful for repetition in learning, but the interface is super ugly, and many of the “study decks” for download don’t appear to be well-formatted. The idea is right, but the execution feels stilted and raw.

That’s my review of my “lifelong learning Italian Apps” with a lifetime subscription. I look forward to learning Italian. My goal is to be at least B2 certified and I’m currently a rising A1. Yes, I have a long way to go, but that’s okay. Good things take time, and fluency demands dedication. I know I have at least one of both right now.

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For the past 60 days, I have been intensively studying the Italian language. I want to learn Italian in order to better serve our ASL Opera project since 50% of the most popular operas were written in Italian (25% were written in German, and 15% were written in French). I understand modern Italian isn’t the same as “original opera Italian” — but learning something new only helps deepen the appreciation of the comprehension of the context of the original aesthetic. In this article, I will share with you some of the treasures, and techniques, I have been using to apply a greater understanding to my Italian learning.

Learning a new language can be a challenge. When I first met my beloved Janna more than 35 years ago, one condition of our dating was that I learn her language — American Sign Language. Since that time, Janna — who happens to be Deaf — and I have written ASL books, performed together, and taught ASL together many times!

As ASL teachers, Janna and I believe in total immersion, and we also believe that in our real lives and in our classrooms. No English! No PSE! Just use pure ASL. You’ll learn, and sustain, a language better and faster that way.

I have done my best to apply that immersion thinking to my Italian learning. Complete and total immersion whenever possible. Some believe adults have a harder time learning a new language than a child, but I disagree. Adults know how to make associations with existing grammar, and syntax, and that gives adults the power of leveling up faster than our infant contemporary language learners!

Here is my Italian learning plan. When I’m not directly studying in my Apps, I am using the following methods to provide immersion as often as possible.

1. 1. TV. Comcast offers two Italian channels for an extra monthly fee. They also offer other foreign language channels like German and French!
   2. Radio App — talk and music. The iPhone store is filled with Italian streaming Apps. You can also stream directly from the internet.
   3. iPhone Language. I changed the language on my iPhone and iPad from English to Italian. Sure, it’s a little scary, but I have Janna’s English iPhone to help me out if I get stuck. I also changed the time to a 24-hour clock.
   4. Keyboard language on phones and computers. I use an Italian keyboard whenever I can. That’s my new default. Force it to learn it!
   5. Apple Watch. I changed the language on my Apple Watch to Italian. Force it to learn it!
   6. Podcasts. Listening to podcasts can also really help you learn Italian fast.
   7. Music. Singing along is a great, modern, way to learn a musical language to a beat. Melody sharing makes the learning less traditional, and more exciting!
   8. TV shows. YouTube has a lot of Italian learning shows. They are helpful! Episodic television is also a wonderful way to add familiar context to the Italian overdubbing.
   9. Movies. Netflix has Italian content with English captions.
   10. CiborTV. This is a box you buy, like an Apple TV, that provides subscription content for Italian television channels. CiborTV is my greatest secret weapon for ongoing daily passive immersion.

One of the biggest blockades to learning Italian is the four years I spent learning Spanish 45 years ago. When I “think” in my target language of Italian, the dark memory of the Spanish word first creeps to mind. I never became fluent in Spanish! I regret not studying harder all those years ago. Senorita Byrd: “I apologize for not being a more apt student!”

For my Italian study, I subscribe to several Italian language newspapers, but my main weapon in learning is my Apps. Here is a review — on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best — of the Italian language learning Apps I use every day. I study a minimum of 90 minutes a day using these Apps. I have, probably 25 Apps in total, but these particular Apps provide a lifetime subscription: Buy once, learn forever! That, to me, is important in learning a new language, because you will always, for your lifetime, be working on learning the language. Apps that charge only a monthly, or a yearly fee, are not included in this review.

Babbel (3/10)
Babbel does a lot of television advertising. Their learning quit on me when a lesson I was studying stopped working. The problem was repeatable. I reported to Babbel the trouble I was having, along with steps to reproduce the bug, and screenshots — you can’t move on until you finish a lesson, and I was forever stuck on a blank screen for Lesson 7 — and Babbel support brushed me off! They told me to restart my browser. I stopped right there and gave up on Babbel. That is the danger of paying once with access forever. If you can’t access the lessons, there is no forever — and the company, after being paid, has zero incentive to keep you actively learning! There are also no study guides you can print out for each lesson to help you memorize the work. The problem was 100% confirmed on the Babbel side, and they did not care. 

LingoDeer (5/10)
LingoDeer sells itself as an Asian language learning App, but they do offer a few other languages, like Italian. So far, their strict learning style is often effective. Their printable notes are comprehensive and helpful. The teaching style is raw, though. I call LingoDeer the “meaner sister of Duolingo.” The early lessons were super difficult and unforgiving, now the later lessons are a little more relaxed and fun to “play.”

Rosetta Stone (4/10)
Rosetta Stone is the old dude in the room and uses a visual learning approach. There are no printable lessons. You look at images and divine vocabulary and grammar all on your own. Alone, Rosetta Stone would not be a great way to learn a language, but adding it to the ganglia of other learning tools I have employed, it’s a definite winner in making one “think different” in real time. Their spoken language recognition engine is pitiful. It does not work. I have, unfortunately, turned off its voice feature after week 6.

Lingopie (8/10)
Lingopie is super interesting and immersive. They provide videos with both English and Italian captions. You can turn off the captions if you don’t want to see them. If you don’t know a word, you click on it, and that word gets defined for you and added to your Pop Quiz queue. There’s also a Netflix browser plugin that will “Lingopie” Italian content on Netflix that will help you learn even faster. Lingopie will only get better with time!

Clozemaster (10/10)
Clozemaster is my favorite learning tool — it thinks, and processes information, just as I do — and that’s a rare thing to find in the real world! Designed like a retro-style 80s video game, Clozemaster helps you quickly close in on your target language goals. ChatGPT-4 explains the idea behind “cloze” learning:

A “cloze” test is used in language learning and pedagogy to assess an individual’s comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills. It is a valuable tool for both educators and students in various language learning contexts.

In a cloze test, certain words or phrases within a text are systematically removed and replaced with blanks. The learner is then asked to fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases to complete the sentences. The omitted words are usually chosen based on specific criteria, such as every nth word or specific grammatical structures.

Here’s how the cloze method is applied in language learning:

1. **Assessment of Vocabulary and Grammar**: By strategically removing certain words or phrases, teachers can assess a student’s grasp of vocabulary and grammatical structures. For example, removing verbs can test understanding of verb tenses.

2. **Reading Comprehension**: Cloze tests can be tailored to evaluate a student’s ability to understand context and meaning within a text. By choosing which words to omit, a teacher can measure specific reading comprehension skills.

3. **Promoting Contextual Learning**: Unlike isolated word lists, cloze tests promote learning words and structures in context, allowing students to understand how they are used in real communication.

4. **Differentiated Instruction**: Teachers can modify the difficulty of a cloze test based on the needs and abilities of individual students, making it a flexible tool for different learning levels.

5. **Integration into Various Language Skills**: Cloze tests can be integrated into reading, listening, writing, and speaking exercises, making them a multifaceted tool for comprehensive language learning.

6. **Feedback and Reflection**: The immediate feedback provided by cloze tests helps students recognize their mistakes and reflect on their understanding, thus fostering continuous improvement.

In summary, cloze tests provide a practical, adaptable, and effective way to evaluate and enhance various aspects of language learning. They promote contextual learning and provide a multi-dimensional approach that can be tailored to individual student needs.

For a scholarly insight into the subject, you may refer to the book “Cloze Procedure: An Alternative Approach to Reading in Foreign Language Training” by J.H. Robinson (1980), which provides an in-depth analysis of the application of cloze in foreign language training.

Drops (9/10)
Drops was a magnificent surprise. Drops focuses on helping you learn Italian vocabulary in just 5 minutes a day. You can study for a longer period of time if you pay. Drops is fun to use, beautiful to look at, and a wonder at teaching. It’s just fun! I start my day with Drops to give myself a boost of confidence, and joy, before the harder work of learning begins.

Memrise (6/10)
Memrise is a strange beast. I’m not completely certain I understand what it is or what the goals are of the App. You sometimes get video clips of phrases — some are just silly, and I skip them — which you then get tested on in multiple choice boxes. They also provide a strange “video” conversation with people talking to themselves — like a TikTok story — that I find more annoying than engaging. Memrise does have a ChatGPT-3 dialogue interaction that can be fun, but even that feels just a little old and limited.

edX (1/10)
I was super excited to take the Italian lessons on edX, but the teaching is really old — the expert Italian language folks on Reddit told me many of the words being taught on edX were no longer colloquial, and they urged me to dump the lessons, and I did. The learning interface feels like a 1990s website project gone wrong. There was so much unlimited promise here that just failed to deliver.

Anki (3/10)
People either seem to love Anki flashcards or they hate them. I’m sort of in the middle. I get how Anki can be helpful for repetition in learning, but the interface is super ugly, and many of the “study decks” for download don’t appear to be well-formatted. The idea is right, but the execution feels stilted and raw.

That’s my review of my “lifelong learning Italian Apps” with a lifetime subscription. I look forward to learning Italian. My goal is to be at least B2 certified and I’m currently a rising A1. Yes, I have a long way to go, but that’s okay. Good things take time, and fluency demands dedication. I know I have at least one of both right now.

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https://bolesblogs.com/2023/08/14/learning-italian-lifetime-immersion-style/

For the past 60 days, I have been intensively studying the Italian language. I want to learn Italian in order to better serve our ASL Opera project since 50% of the most popular operas were written in Italian (25% were written in German, and 15% were written in French). I understand modern Italian isn’t the same as “original opera Italian” — but learning something new only helps deepen the appreciation of the comprehension of the context of the original aesthetic. In this article, I will share with you some of the treasures, and techniques, I have been using to apply a greater understanding to my Italian learning.

Learning a new language can be a challenge. When I first met my beloved Janna more than 35 years ago, one condition of our dating was that I learn her language — American Sign Language. Since that time, Janna — who happens to be Deaf — and I have written ASL books, performed together, and taught ASL together many times!

As ASL teachers, Janna and I believe in total immersion, and we also believe that in our real lives and in our classrooms. No English! No PSE! Just use pure ASL. You’ll learn, and sustain, a language better and faster that way.

I have done my best to apply that immersion thinking to my Italian learning. Complete and total immersion whenever possible. Some believe adults have a harder time learning a new language than a child, but I disagree. Adults know how to make associations with existing grammar, and syntax, and that gives adults the power of leveling up faster than our infant contemporary language learners!

Here is my Italian learning plan. When I’m not directly studying in my Apps, I am using the following methods to provide immersion as often as possible.

1. 1. TV. Comcast offers two Italian channels for an extra monthly fee. They also offer other foreign language channels like German and French!
   2. Radio App — talk and music. The iPhone store is filled with Italian streaming Apps. You can also stream directly from the internet.
   3. iPhone Language. I changed the language on my iPhone and iPad from English to Italian. Sure, it’s a little scary, but I have Janna’s English iPhone to help me out if I get stuck. I also changed the time to a 24-hour clock.
   4. Keyboard language on phones and computers. I use an Italian keyboard whenever I can. That’s my new default. Force it to learn it!
   5. Apple Watch. I changed the language on my Apple Watch to Italian. Force it to learn it!
   6. Podcasts. Listening to podcasts can also really help you learn Italian fast.
   7. Music. Singing along is a great, modern, way to learn a musical language to a beat. Melody sharing makes the learning less traditional, and more exciting!
   8. TV shows. YouTube has a lot of Italian learning shows. They are helpful! Episodic television is also a wonderful way to add familiar context to the Italian overdubbing.
   9. Movies. Netflix has Italian content with English captions.
   10. CiborTV. This is a box you buy, like an Apple TV, that provides subscription content for Italian television channels. CiborTV is my greatest secret weapon for ongoing daily passive immersion.

One of the biggest blockades to learning Italian is the four years I spent learning Spanish 45 years ago. When I “think” in my target language of Italian, the dark memory of the Spanish word first creeps to mind. I never became fluent in Spanish! I regret not studying harder all those years ago. Senorita Byrd: “I apologize for not being a more apt student!”

For my Italian study, I subscribe to several Italian language newspapers, but my main weapon in learning is my Apps. Here is a review — on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best — of the Italian language learning Apps I use every day. I study a minimum of 90 minutes a day using these Apps. I have, probably 25 Apps in total, but these particular Apps provide a lifetime subscription: Buy once, learn forever! That, to me, is important in learning a new language, because you will always, for your lifetime, be working on learning the language. Apps that charge only a monthly, or a yearly fee, are not included in this review.

Babbel (3/10)
Babbel does a lot of television advertising. Their learning quit on me when a lesson I was studying stopped working. The problem was repeatable. I reported to Babbel the trouble I was having, along with steps to reproduce the bug, and screenshots — you can’t move on until you finish a lesson, and I was forever stuck on a blank screen for Lesson 7 — and Babbel support brushed me off! They told me to restart my browser. I stopped right there and gave up on Babbel. That is the danger of paying once with access forever. If you can’t access the lessons, there is no forever — and the company, after being paid, has zero incentive to keep you actively learning! There are also no study guides you can print out for each lesson to help you memorize the work. The problem was 100% confirmed on the Babbel side, and they did not care. 

LingoDeer (5/10)
LingoDeer sells itself as an Asian language learning App, but they do offer a few other languages, like Italian. So far, their strict learning style is often effective. Their printable notes are comprehensive and helpful. The teaching style is raw, though. I call LingoDeer the “meaner sister of Duolingo.” The early lessons were super difficult and unforgiving, now the later lessons are a little more relaxed and fun to “play.”

Rosetta Stone (4/10)
Rosetta Stone is the old dude in the room and uses a visual learning approach. There are no printable lessons. You look at images and divine vocabulary and grammar all on your own. Alone, Rosetta Stone would not be a great way to learn a language, but adding it to the ganglia of other learning tools I have employed, it’s a definite winner in making one “think different” in real time. Their spoken language recognition engine is pitiful. It does not work. I have, unfortunately, turned off its voice feature after week 6.

Lingopie (8/10)
Lingopie is super interesting and immersive. They provide videos with both English and Italian captions. You can turn off the captions if you don’t want to see them. If you don’t know a word, you click on it, and that word gets defined for you and added to your Pop Quiz queue. There’s also a Netflix browser plugin that will “Lingopie” Italian content on Netflix that will help you learn even faster. Lingopie will only get better with time!

Clozemaster (10/10)
Clozemaster is my favorite learning tool — it thinks, and processes information, just as I do — and that’s a rare thing to find in the real world! Designed like a retro-style 80s video game, Clozemaster helps you quickly close in on your target language goals. ChatGPT-4 explains the idea behind “cloze” learning:

A “cloze” test is used in language learning and pedagogy to assess an individual’s comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills. It is a valuable tool for both educators and students in various language learning contexts.

In a cloze test, certain words or phrases within a text are systematically removed and replaced with blanks. The learner is then asked to fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases to complete the sentences. The omitted words are usually chosen based on specific criteria, such as every nth word or specific grammatical structures.

Here’s how the cloze method is applied in language learning:

1. **Assessment of Vocabulary and Grammar**: By strategically removing certain words or phrases, teachers can assess a student’s grasp of vocabulary and grammatical structures. For example, removing verbs can test understanding of verb tenses.

2. **Reading Comprehension**: Cloze tests can be tailored to evaluate a student’s ability to understand context and meaning within a text. By choosing which words to omit, a teacher can measure specific reading comprehension skills.

3. **Promoting Contextual Learning**: Unlike isolated word lists, cloze tests promote learning words and structures in context, allowing students to understand how they are used in real communication.

4. **Differentiated Instruction**: Teachers can modify the difficulty of a cloze test based on the needs and abilities of individual students, making it a flexible tool for different learning levels.

5. **Integration into Various Language Skills**: Cloze tests can be integrated into reading, listening, writing, and speaking exercises, making them a multifaceted tool for comprehensive language learning.

6. **Feedback and Reflection**: The immediate feedback provided by cloze tests helps students recognize their mistakes and reflect on their understanding, thus fostering continuous improvement.

In summary, cloze tests provide a practical, adaptable, and effective way to evaluate and enhance various aspects of language learning. They promote contextual learning and provide a multi-dimensional approach that can be tailored to individual student needs.

For a scholarly insight into the subject, you may refer to the book “Cloze Procedure: An Alternative Approach to Reading in Foreign Language Training” by J.H. Robinson (1980), which provides an in-depth analysis of the application of cloze in foreign language training.

Drops (9/10)
Drops was a magnificent surprise. Drops focuses on helping you learn Italian vocabulary in just 5 minutes a day. You can study for a longer period of time if you pay. Drops is fun to use, beautiful to look at, and a wonder at teaching. It’s just fun! I start my day with Drops to give myself a boost of confidence, and joy, before the harder work of learning begins.

Memrise (6/10)
Memrise is a strange beast. I’m not completely certain I understand what it is or what the goals are of the App. You sometimes get video clips of phrases — some are just silly, and I skip them — which you then get tested on in multiple choice boxes. They also provide a strange “video” conversation with people talking to themselves — like a TikTok story — that I find more annoying than engaging. Memrise does have a ChatGPT-3 dialogue interaction that can be fun, but even that feels just a little old and limited.

edX (1/10)
I was super excited to take the Italian lessons on edX, but the teaching is really old — the expert Italian language folks on Reddit told me many of the words being taught on edX were no longer colloquial, and they urged me to dump the lessons, and I did. The learning interface feels like a 1990s website project gone wrong. There was so much unlimited promise here that just failed to deliver.

Anki (3/10)
People either seem to love Anki flashcards or they hate them. I’m sort of in the middle. I get how Anki can be helpful for repetition in learning, but the interface is super ugly, and many of the “study decks” for download don’t appear to be well-formatted. The idea is right, but the execution feels stilted and raw.

That’s my review of my “lifelong learning Italian Apps” with a lifetime subscription. I look forward to learning Italian. My goal is to be at least B2 certified and I’m currently a rising A1. Yes, I have a long way to go, but that’s okay. Good things take time, and fluency demands dedication. I know I have at least one of both right now.

https://bolesblogs.com/2023/08/14/learning-italian-lifetime-immersion-style/

#anki #asl #aslOpera #babbel #chatgpt #cloze #clozemaster #drops #e4e4e4 #edx #fluency #immersion #italian #lingodeer #lingopie #memrise #opera #operaProject #rosettaStone

For the past 60 days, I have been intensively studying the Italian language. I want to learn Italian in order to better serve our ASL Opera project since 50% of the most popular operas were written in Italian (25% were written in German, and 15% were written in French). I understand modern Italian isn’t the same as “original opera Italian” — but learning something new only helps deepen the appreciation of the comprehension of the context of the original aesthetic. In this article, I will share with you some of the treasures, and techniques, I have been using to apply a greater understanding to my Italian learning.

Learning a new language can be a challenge. When I first met my beloved Janna more than 35 years ago, one condition of our dating was that I learn her language — American Sign Language. Since that time, Janna — who happens to be Deaf — and I have written ASL books, performed together, and taught ASL together many times!

As ASL teachers, Janna and I believe in total immersion, and we also believe that in our real lives and in our classrooms. No English! No PSE! Just use pure ASL. You’ll learn, and sustain, a language better and faster that way.

I have done my best to apply that immersion thinking to my Italian learning. Complete and total immersion whenever possible. Some believe adults have a harder time learning a new language than a child, but I disagree. Adults know how to make associations with existing grammar, and syntax, and that gives adults the power of leveling up faster than our infant contemporary language learners!

Here is my Italian learning plan. When I’m not directly studying in my Apps, I am using the following methods to provide immersion as often as possible.

1. 1. TV. Comcast offers two Italian channels for an extra monthly fee. They also offer other foreign language channels like German and French!
   2. Radio App — talk and music. The iPhone store is filled with Italian streaming Apps. You can also stream directly from the internet.
   3. iPhone Language. I changed the language on my iPhone and iPad from English to Italian. Sure, it’s a little scary, but I have Janna’s English iPhone to help me out if I get stuck. I also changed the time to a 24-hour clock.
   4. Keyboard language on phones and computers. I use an Italian keyboard whenever I can. That’s my new default. Force it to learn it!
   5. Apple Watch. I changed the language on my Apple Watch to Italian. Force it to learn it!
   6. Podcasts. Listening to podcasts can also really help you learn Italian fast.
   7. Music. Singing along is a great, modern, way to learn a musical language to a beat. Melody sharing makes the learning less traditional, and more exciting!
   8. TV shows. YouTube has a lot of Italian learning shows. They are helpful! Episodic television is also a wonderful way to add familiar context to the Italian overdubbing.
   9. Movies. Netflix has Italian content with English captions.
   10. CiborTV. This is a box you buy, like an Apple TV, that provides subscription content for Italian television channels. CiborTV is my greatest secret weapon for ongoing daily passive immersion.

One of the biggest blockades to learning Italian is the four years I spent learning Spanish 45 years ago. When I “think” in my target language of Italian, the dark memory of the Spanish word first creeps to mind. I never became fluent in Spanish! I regret not studying harder all those years ago. Senorita Byrd: “I apologize for not being a more apt student!”

For my Italian study, I subscribe to several Italian language newspapers, but my main weapon in learning is my Apps. Here is a review — on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the best — of the Italian language learning Apps I use every day. I study a minimum of 90 minutes a day using these Apps. I have, probably 25 Apps in total, but these particular Apps provide a lifetime subscription: Buy once, learn forever! That, to me, is important in learning a new language, because you will always, for your lifetime, be working on learning the language. Apps that charge only a monthly, or a yearly fee, are not included in this review.

Babbel (3/10)
Babbel does a lot of television advertising. Their learning quit on me when a lesson I was studying stopped working. The problem was repeatable. I reported to Babbel the trouble I was having, along with steps to reproduce the bug, and screenshots — you can’t move on until you finish a lesson, and I was forever stuck on a blank screen for Lesson 7 — and Babbel support brushed me off! They told me to restart my browser. I stopped right there and gave up on Babbel. That is the danger of paying once with access forever. If you can’t access the lessons, there is no forever — and the company, after being paid, has zero incentive to keep you actively learning! There are also no study guides you can print out for each lesson to help you memorize the work. The problem was 100% confirmed on the Babbel side, and they did not care. 

LingoDeer (5/10)
LingoDeer sells itself as an Asian language learning App, but they do offer a few other languages, like Italian. So far, their strict learning style is often effective. Their printable notes are comprehensive and helpful. The teaching style is raw, though. I call LingoDeer the “meaner sister of Duolingo.” The early lessons were super difficult and unforgiving, now the later lessons are a little more relaxed and fun to “play.”

Rosetta Stone (4/10)
Rosetta Stone is the old dude in the room and uses a visual learning approach. There are no printable lessons. You look at images and divine vocabulary and grammar all on your own. Alone, Rosetta Stone would not be a great way to learn a language, but adding it to the ganglia of other learning tools I have employed, it’s a definite winner in making one “think different” in real time. Their spoken language recognition engine is pitiful. It does not work. I have, unfortunately, turned off its voice feature after week 6.

Lingopie (8/10)
Lingopie is super interesting and immersive. They provide videos with both English and Italian captions. You can turn off the captions if you don’t want to see them. If you don’t know a word, you click on it, and that word gets defined for you and added to your Pop Quiz queue. There’s also a Netflix browser plugin that will “Lingopie” Italian content on Netflix that will help you learn even faster. Lingopie will only get better with time!

Clozemaster (10/10)
Clozemaster is my favorite learning tool — it thinks, and processes information, just as I do — and that’s a rare thing to find in the real world! Designed like a retro-style 80s video game, Clozemaster helps you quickly close in on your target language goals. ChatGPT-4 explains the idea behind “cloze” learning:

A “cloze” test is used in language learning and pedagogy to assess an individual’s comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills. It is a valuable tool for both educators and students in various language learning contexts.

In a cloze test, certain words or phrases within a text are systematically removed and replaced with blanks. The learner is then asked to fill in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases to complete the sentences. The omitted words are usually chosen based on specific criteria, such as every nth word or specific grammatical structures.

Here’s how the cloze method is applied in language learning:

1. **Assessment of Vocabulary and Grammar**: By strategically removing certain words or phrases, teachers can assess a student’s grasp of vocabulary and grammatical structures. For example, removing verbs can test understanding of verb tenses.

2. **Reading Comprehension**: Cloze tests can be tailored to evaluate a student’s ability to understand context and meaning within a text. By choosing which words to omit, a teacher can measure specific reading comprehension skills.

3. **Promoting Contextual Learning**: Unlike isolated word lists, cloze tests promote learning words and structures in context, allowing students to understand how they are used in real communication.

4. **Differentiated Instruction**: Teachers can modify the difficulty of a cloze test based on the needs and abilities of individual students, making it a flexible tool for different learning levels.

5. **Integration into Various Language Skills**: Cloze tests can be integrated into reading, listening, writing, and speaking exercises, making them a multifaceted tool for comprehensive language learning.

6. **Feedback and Reflection**: The immediate feedback provided by cloze tests helps students recognize their mistakes and reflect on their understanding, thus fostering continuous improvement.

In summary, cloze tests provide a practical, adaptable, and effective way to evaluate and enhance various aspects of language learning. They promote contextual learning and provide a multi-dimensional approach that can be tailored to individual student needs.

For a scholarly insight into the subject, you may refer to the book “Cloze Procedure: An Alternative Approach to Reading in Foreign Language Training” by J.H. Robinson (1980), which provides an in-depth analysis of the application of cloze in foreign language training.

Drops (9/10)
Drops was a magnificent surprise. Drops focuses on helping you learn Italian vocabulary in just 5 minutes a day. You can study for a longer period of time if you pay. Drops is fun to use, beautiful to look at, and a wonder at teaching. It’s just fun! I start my day with Drops to give myself a boost of confidence, and joy, before the harder work of learning begins.

Memrise (6/10)
Memrise is a strange beast. I’m not completely certain I understand what it is or what the goals are of the App. You sometimes get video clips of phrases — some are just silly, and I skip them — which you then get tested on in multiple choice boxes. They also provide a strange “video” conversation with people talking to themselves — like a TikTok story — that I find more annoying than engaging. Memrise does have a ChatGPT-3 dialogue interaction that can be fun, but even that feels just a little old and limited.

edX (1/10)
I was super excited to take the Italian lessons on edX, but the teaching is really old — the expert Italian language folks on Reddit told me many of the words being taught on edX were no longer colloquial, and they urged me to dump the lessons, and I did. The learning interface feels like a 1990s website project gone wrong. There was so much unlimited promise here that just failed to deliver.

Anki (3/10)
People either seem to love Anki flashcards or they hate them. I’m sort of in the middle. I get how Anki can be helpful for repetition in learning, but the interface is super ugly, and many of the “study decks” for download don’t appear to be well-formatted. The idea is right, but the execution feels stilted and raw.

That’s my review of my “lifelong learning Italian Apps” with a lifetime subscription. I look forward to learning Italian. My goal is to be at least B2 certified and I’m currently a rising A1. Yes, I have a long way to go, but that’s okay. Good things take time, and fluency demands dedication. I know I have at least one of both right now.

https://bolesblogs.com/2023/08/14/learning-italian-lifetime-immersion-style/

#anki #asl #aslOpera #babbel #chatgpt #cloze #clozemaster #drops #e4e4e4 #edx #fluency #immersion #italian #lingodeer #lingopie #memrise #opera #operaProject #rosettaStone

Finished initial reviews of the 500 most common track on #Clozemaster today. Next step will be to master all those, which means remembering them for 10, then 30, then 180 days.

While I’m doing that, I’ll try to progress through the 1000 most common track and the N5 track too.

Finished initial reviews of the 500 most common track on #Clozemaster today. Next step will be to master all those, which means remembering them for 10, then 30, then 180 days.

While I’m doing that, I’ll try to progress through the 1000 most common track and the N5 track too.

Finished initial reviews of the 500 most common track on #Clozemaster today. Next step will be to master all those, which means remembering them for 10, then 30, then 180 days.

While I’m doing that, I’ll try to progress through the 1000 most common track and the N5 track too.

Finished initial reviews of the 500 most common track on #Clozemaster today. Next step will be to master all those, which means remembering them for 10, then 30, then 180 days.

While I’m doing that, I’ll try to progress through the 1000 most common track and the N5 track too.

Finished initial reviews of the 500 most common track on #Clozemaster today. Next step will be to master all those, which means remembering them for 10, then 30, then 180 days.

While I’m doing that, I’ll try to progress through the 1000 most common track and the N5 track too.

So, #Finnish learning (or #LanguageLearning) content certainly seems popular on mastodon.

Then let me recommend one more app & deliver you from the clutches of Duolingo. Never liked it, and the new interface is 🩸 👁

Enter #Clozemaster! Interface is a bit retro, but it uses actual language corpora to teach you high-frequency phrases that you can use. Like, from the start. No “wizard is behind the parrot” anymore

So, #Finnish learning (or #LanguageLearning) content certainly seems popular on mastodon.

Then let me recommend one more app & deliver you from the clutches of Duolingo. Never liked it, and the new interface is 🩸 👁

Enter #Clozemaster! Interface is a bit retro, but it uses actual language corpora to teach you high-frequency phrases that you can use. Like, from the start. No “wizard is behind the parrot” anymore

So, #Finnish learning (or #LanguageLearning) content certainly seems popular on mastodon.

Then let me recommend one more app & deliver you from the clutches of Duolingo. Never liked it, and the new interface is 🩸 👁

Enter #Clozemaster! Interface is a bit retro, but it uses actual language corpora to teach you high-frequency phrases that you can use. Like, from the start. No “wizard is behind the parrot” anymore

So, #Finnish learning (or #LanguageLearning) content certainly seems popular on mastodon.

Then let me recommend one more app & deliver you from the clutches of Duolingo. Never liked it, and the new interface is 🩸 👁

Enter #Clozemaster! Interface is a bit retro, but it uses actual language corpora to teach you high-frequency phrases that you can use. Like, from the start. No “wizard is behind the parrot” anymore

So, #Finnish learning (or #LanguageLearning) content certainly seems popular on mastodon.

Then let me recommend one more app & deliver you from the clutches of Duolingo. Never liked it, and the new interface is 🩸 👁

Enter #Clozemaster! Interface is a bit retro, but it uses actual language corpora to teach you high-frequency phrases that you can use. Like, from the start. No “wizard is behind the parrot” anymore

Really enjoying learning #German with #ClozeMaster. I originally went through DuoLingo, but that only exposed me to about 4,500 words, so CM seems like a great vocabulary tool with 20,000 words learned in context (sentences) in order by most used.
https://www.clozemaster.com

Really enjoying learning #German with #ClozeMaster. I originally went through DuoLingo, but that only exposed me to about 4,500 words, so CM seems like a great vocabulary tool with 20,000 words learned in context (sentences) in order by most used.
https://www.clozemaster.com

Really enjoying learning #German with #ClozeMaster. I originally went through DuoLingo, but that only exposed me to about 4,500 words, so CM seems like a great vocabulary tool with 20,000 words learned in context (sentences) in order by most used.
https://www.clozemaster.com

Really enjoying learning #German with #ClozeMaster. I originally went through DuoLingo, but that only exposed me to about 4,500 words, so CM seems like a great vocabulary tool with 20,000 words learned in context (sentences) in order by most used.
https://www.clozemaster.com

Non si faccia uccidere.
Don't get killed.

#ClozeMaster 例句很妙哦。

Mi fa male il sedere.
My butt hurts.

#ClozeMaster 例句棒不棒