Review Overview
A. Instruction - 6
B. Design - 8.6
C. Engagement - 5.7
6.8
Learn Languages: A Best App for Learning Language
Summary : One of the Most Powerful Language Learning Tools
Learn Languages by Rosetta Stone is a language-program app designed to teach users a variety of languages. Learn Languages uses synchronized lessons that build upon each other. In each lesson, users are presented with new words and phrases, and they must repeat those words and phrases or match them to pictures (both by only seeing the word, or hearing the phrase). In the lesson, when users are presented with a question, they have the option of tapping the magnifying-glass button on the bottom left of the screen to see the answers. When users complete a lesson, their performance is displayed as a score.
Please note: Although there are several languages available to learn, users only are able to access a limited amount of content for free before having to make in-app purchases.
Instructional Ideas
- After teaching a lesson, teachers can have students complete a lesson in this app. When students complete their lesson, they can take a screen shot of their score and email it to their teacher.
- Teachers can have students work through a certain number of lessons per week. That way, by the end of a course, students have completed all the lessons for one language.
- After becoming familiar with the format this app uses to teach languages, teachers can have students model it to recreate questions using another app, such as Educreations or Notability. With these apps, students can draw or import images and then record their pronunciation of the words or phrases. The works students produce can be posted to a class website or emailed.
A1. Rigor | |
A2. 21st Century Skills | |
A3. Conn. to Future Learning | |
A4. Value of Errors | |
A5. Feedback to Teacher | |
A6. Level of Material | |
A7. Cooperative Learning | |
A8. Accom. of Individual Diff. |
B1. Ability to Save Progress | |
B2. Platform Integration | |
B3. Screen Design | |
B4. Ease of Use | |
B5. Navigation | |
B6. Goal Orientation | |
B7. Information Presentation | |
B8. Media Integration | |
B9. Cultural Sensitivity |
C1. Learner Control | |
C2. Interactivity | |
C3. Pace | |
C4. Flexibility | |
C5. Interest | |
C6. Aesthetics | |
C7. Utility |