Vocabulary/translation improvement
In the Japanese module (could be for the other languages too), vocabulary is categorized based on the lesson it was introduced. I think you all should really consider a more intuitive approach to vocabulary than that. For instance, let’s say I wanted to review all the animals in my vocabulary. Ideally I would go to the category “Animals”. Right now that category is “Humans and Animals 1” and it only lists two animals….Sometimes I want to review ONLY the verbs I've learned. That is not an option. Same with adjectives. Everything is all mixed together making it difficult to dial in on specific vocabulary. Please consider changing the categories. Things like Food, Adjectives, activities, places, verbs, etc
For the translation piece, some sentences are not correctly translated from Japanese to English. An example “田中さんは今喫茶店でコーヒーを飲んでいます” the English translation uses “having” instead of “drinking”. “Tanaka San is having a coffee at the cafe right now.” Please stop doing that. It is confusing especially when the direct translation makes perfect sense.
For the translation piece, some sentences are not correctly translated from Japanese to English. An example “田中さんは今喫茶店でコーヒーを飲んでいます” the English translation uses “having” instead of “drinking”. “Tanaka San is having a coffee at the cafe right now.” Please stop doing that. It is confusing especially when the direct translation makes perfect sense.
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do not even download
i have to pay 200$ to do the second lesson… literally what us this
Was good until..
So I did used to subscribe to lingodeer and loved it to get me started with learning the korean language. I recently was going to come back to learn japanese, french or chinese and I saw a deal where you could have a 7 day free trial and then a year sub. I wanted to get a feel of it with the trial so I started that deal, however it instantly charged me with the 70 plus pound subscription and forced me to stay subscribed. I tried to receive a refund via the apple report a problem and both times I explained what happened they wouldn’t refund it. Now I feel slightly cheated as I just wanted to do the 7 days and then I probably would have been a subscriber. Now, if the developer see’s this, I hope you can offer the refund and I might still decide to subscribe. Hope it helps.
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Better than my tutor
I tried this app a couple years back for Korean but wasn’t able to get into it—it just felt overwhelming at the time for whatever reason though I’m sure it was probably just me personally blocking myself.
This year I decided to give it another try after testing out several other leaning apps and I’m so happy I gave it a second chance! This time around I am much more open minded and able to appreciate the app. To put it into perspective, I had a private tutor and I was able to learn a lot more by studying with this app in one hour than I did with my tutor over the course of half a year!!! Granted it probably has to do with my personal preference in learning as I’m an impatient learner so I really appreciated LingoDeer’s approach of learning by doing. Additionally, the lessons’ structure is really what I needed, as it really builds upon prior lessons so I’m able to connect the dots much easier.
My two negatives is that the sound tends to lag sometimes so it’ll either not play unless I press on volume icon or it’ll cut off. Another is that the reading exercises, while great, sometimes introduce new vocabulary that wasn’t learned so it discouraged me very quickly. Neither are super big cons to me, and I still absolutely love this app and it’s effectiveness so I definitely recommend!!!
This year I decided to give it another try after testing out several other leaning apps and I’m so happy I gave it a second chance! This time around I am much more open minded and able to appreciate the app. To put it into perspective, I had a private tutor and I was able to learn a lot more by studying with this app in one hour than I did with my tutor over the course of half a year!!! Granted it probably has to do with my personal preference in learning as I’m an impatient learner so I really appreciated LingoDeer’s approach of learning by doing. Additionally, the lessons’ structure is really what I needed, as it really builds upon prior lessons so I’m able to connect the dots much easier.
My two negatives is that the sound tends to lag sometimes so it’ll either not play unless I press on volume icon or it’ll cut off. Another is that the reading exercises, while great, sometimes introduce new vocabulary that wasn’t learned so it discouraged me very quickly. Neither are super big cons to me, and I still absolutely love this app and it’s effectiveness so I definitely recommend!!!
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Paywalls almost immediately
Sure it’s a good app to start with but the minute you’re done with barely the first lesson, just as you’re convinced it’s a half decent app, wham, hit with that paywall so hard you’re going to have a metaphorical concussion. I’m just gonna stick to dua, at least with Dua you get more than barely a single lesson.
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Good app but still limited
I’m a native English speaker using LingoDeer to learn Japanese. The courses are very well thought out and thorough, however the most important part of learning a language is practicing what you learned and LingoDeer is lacking in this regard (before you get to the fluent section, which is really good). The flash cards use fake spaced repetition (actually not spaced, but sorted into 3 buckets. If you say a card is easy you’ll never see it again!). There also just seems to be less emphasis on practicing and mastery as a whole since the sentences and exercises you see in the practice section are exactly the same as those in the lessons, resulting in a system where you see some vocab words in only one or two sentences. I would expect for there to be more sentences/contexts for vocab in a service as expensive as this one. As good as the lessons are, the lack of real spaced repetition and sentence variety really decreases the effectiveness of this app in my opinion being that the flash card system is the only way to practice translating full sentences. Hopefully they consider adding real spaced repetition and other practice features because I think that would really vault LingoDeer to a 10/10 language learning service.
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Duolingo vs This App
I’m going to be honest lingo deer is a way better tool to learn, it teaches you the sentence structure, vowels, alphabet and all the noises they make. No disrespect to Duolingo but they just throw you in there with absolutely no knowledge it’s a lot harder to learn. The UI of Duolingo is better then this one but it really doesn’t matter I’m here to learn a language not to make a website. So you should use this because it’s way better in general compared to other apps.
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ESL Instructor Approved
I teach English to international students at a university and this app is simply fantastic. You will save more money buying the premium version of this app and learn (currently) 12 different languages than you will learning 1 language by book. It’s insane. I still sometimes go to Barnes n Nobles to buy a language workbook, and I always end up barely touching it bc this app is just better and more convenient. The way you learn is the way I learned how to do so in my master’s. They have native speakers, easy grammar explanations, extra stories for real-life implementation, and even FANTASTIC methods to learn other writing systems. I learned so much Japanese so quick; and now I’m onto Spanish (they even distinguish between Latin America and Spain!).
As a language lover, I’ve tried so many different apps like Doulingo or niche ones specific to a language; but literally nothing can beat this. I’ve had this app for YEARS, worth every penny. If the developers of this app actually see this, just know that I love this app more than life itself.
As a language lover, I’ve tried so many different apps like Doulingo or niche ones specific to a language; but literally nothing can beat this. I’ve had this app for YEARS, worth every penny. If the developers of this app actually see this, just know that I love this app more than life itself.
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Better than most other popular apps
Checked with Native speaker, the quality is better and the pronunciation is more natural. Well done team!
The BEST language learning app I’ve come across so far!!!
I know it’s only really early for me to predict this cause I just got this app today but boy is it so helpful. I’ve literally learnt so much already and I remember it all. I came from Duolingo and honestly, I find this app 100x better because if actually tells you to repeat the sentence and everything. It has and the instructions and everything is so organised and I know exactly where ti go for my nest lesson. I’m feeling confident about this app and I hope I achieve learning Korean. I rate this app a 10/10 or should I say 5 stars and I would totally recommend this to everyone who wants to learn a language ❤️❤️❤️ Have fun learning everyone!!!
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