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Not for young audiences
Starting out, this app asked what your age category is. I chose under 18, since I was checking out the app for my kids to practice their Spanish. I was very interested in the interactive reading and media usage. However I was greatly disappointed that the media clips used even in the first couple levels had clips from movie scenes for mature audiences, likely rated R movies. I’m so glad I decided to screen this app before handing it to my kids! One scene had two supposedly nude people on top of each other (no body parts shown, but intimacy is implied), and another scene were a couple under the bedsheets together (nudity under the sheets is implied). Obviously not ok for children. There should not be an “under 18” category if these are the types of clips used. I don’t even appreciate them as an adult.
Also, I tried looking through the books, wondering if that was salvageable. I’m a fluent Spanish speaker. Nope. It mis-translated words in the first chapter I read! The book used the word “tardar” which was translated as “take” or “learn”, but it means “to tardy”, and it’s obvious from the context it was incorrect, too.
I’m greatly disappointed, and I’m grateful that they offered a free trial. I won’t be using this service. Loved the concept, but poorly executed and misleading.Show less19371840472
Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for your feedback! We'll surely send it to our specialists to discuss. We'd also like to remind that there's an opportunity to disable adult content in EWA's settings. And we provide context translation for parts of text, have you checked it? If you have any questions about EWA, you can contact support@appewa.com directly anytime!Awesome idea, still buggy content.
I’m reading along with the audio for a book in the app’s library, but I have no idea what the audio is reading. It doesn’t match up at all with the book! I wish more words were in the dictionary.
Often I have to open another app or website to look up these words, which kind of defeats the purpose of this app.
I also keep seeing reference to movie and tv clips, but I don’t see this at all! I just see some super elementary courses, two games, and a reading library.
I tried contacting support through the app, but this feature didn’t work.
I hope this app continues to develop and fix bugs. It could be a phenomenal language learning tool that I also think could be used in the Spanish program in the school I teach in. I teach Chinese and I’m learning Japanese, so I’d love to see those languages added, but I think the first priority is to work out the bugs for the app that exists before expanding.Show lessRosedrinkstea
A good start, but lacks many definitions.
This app is potentially wonderful, especially because as I read a story I can immediately look up the definition of a word I don’t remember or know. However, this app does not have a complete dictionary. Most of the words I don’t know are not available with an easy definition. That’s the main reason I bought the app. Nonetheless, it’s very helpful. Still requires dedication to bring yourself to it every day.
One thing I have found useful is to play the audio of the story when I go to bed and as I thought asleep I’m surrounded by the Spanish language I’m learning. After a few nights of this I seem to be hearing the language better.Show lessNomado
Super Fun AND Educational (Teachers check it out)
As a former high school teacher (of English), I hope language teachers are able to use this app with their students.
It’s funny, engaging and entertaining - all the things students seem to want in a teacher but we’re too overloaded with curriculum, administrative stuff, parents (no offense, parents), etc. to then have to create performances for everyday of the school year.
Nonetheless, students deserve to be engaged. That’s when they learn best. And apps like this that can be at their level in terms of things like pop culture (instead of trying far too much to appease the adults) are what can do that.
That said, I just started this so maybe it gets a little too risqué later. But so far so good.Show lessAryadne
Great Idea but Needs work
I tried out the free trial and love the idea of learning a new language while reading some of my favorite classics. But still I had to have Google translate open to help me out. Some of the vocabulary translations made no sense in the context of the sentence and when double checked with Google translate, I realized the definition was wrong or the word could be translated that way but not in this context. I also was hoping every word would be available to tap on for vocabulary but some significant and confusing words were not available as vocabulary. I definitely would not pay for a subscription for this until the tweaks get fixed. Lots of potential in this program it’s just not there yet.Show lessrydemarie
Developer Response
Hello! Sorry for any inconveniences! Contact our support team support@appewa.com, please! We’ll check the problem and find solution as soon as possible🙌🏻we guess we need some clarification to answer your questions!Excellent app for studying English!
Although I am a busy person, I always want to read some English books some time in order to gain more knowledge. But every time when I grab a book I feel distract because it’s not my first language. Now I feel satisfy with this app because not only it can translate to my language(Vietnamese), I can listening to it while I am on the way. So I can take advantage of it listening to the book without boring at all. Thank you so much for creating this app. I really enjoy it.Show lessalex_oc
so far so good
im excited to use this app. i wish there were more movie scenes than just one chapter, and some translations of words aren’t exactly accurate, but overall it’s got so much content and when you are bored of learning one way, there’s a bunch of other options to switch over to. you can play games and compete, use flash cards, but most importantly, you can LISTEN and practice that way, which i feel is missing when you buy a textbook. it’s easier to feel comfortable speaking after using this!Show lessGabby from CT
VERY PROUD CUSTOMER
I have found this app really useful in its ability to help me expand my Spanish vocabulary.
The option to highlight a word Im unfamiliar with simply by tapping it to reveal its list of that word in english is so simple and efficient. All i have to do is tap the screen and im back to listening and or reading again. If your stuggling with a majority of the paragraph, simply tap the G icon to the top right of the paragraph, and the entire paragraph is translated to english. I find this very usefull for the more difficult reads. The only reason its not a 5 star is its lack of definitions for the words. But no big deal, i can always have
my ipad open to look for definitons. I’m grateful for this app and will recommend to friends who are looking to learn to speak and read j. Another language.Show lessMigiloc
Not a credible resource
This has SO much potential to be incredibly powerful, but it seems like they went for quantity over quality of content. Yes, there’s 1000s of books, but the translations aren’t quite right. A lot of easier books are meant to include pictures that are essential to comprehensions and those have all been omitted. The tool to look up individual words often gives different definitions than what’s being used in the context of the sentence and it doesn’t make sense. The app seems like a good idea (and is!) but it’s poorly executed. If more care was taken to develop fewer resources at a higher level, this could easily deserve 5 stars. I’m excited to see how it improves over the next few years.Show lessJhehwhfjhrhew
Developer Response
Hello! Thank you for your feedback! We'll surely send it to our specialists to work on translation harder. Please do not forget that we provide a lot of features in EWA, most noticeable - Courses. We'd be happy if you check them and make full opinion about the app. If you have any questions, contact us directly support@appewa.com, we're always there to help!Amazing idea with lots of flaws
I was excited about this app to keep up my fluent Spanish. It asked me up front what my level was and I thought it would customize the experience towards that level. I decided not to pay for the app as I wanted to try it first. The app doesn’t seem to have any functionality for more advanced speakers in the reading section. The games and the vocabulary are very very basic and there is no way to test out of them and get more applicable content. Also, I agree with other peoples reviews, the pop up translations are lazy and bad. I’m really glad I didn’t pay for this app and I tried it out first!Show lessCompassrose.travel
