Rare languages, some great features, but not ideal for beginners & some bugs
I’m a high A1/low A2 learner of Burmese who’s been studying using a variety of resources for a few years now. It’s hard to find an app that teaches Burmese, so I was pleasantly surprised to find one that does. I appreciate the dialogues, and the ability to turn transliterations and translations on and off. However, I don’t think the app would be ideal for beginners as the app never really requires you to learn 1:1 word correspondence. It teaches you the phrases “He sleeps” and “I go shopping” and never changes it up to “He goes shopping.” I’ve also done 12 lessons and found at least 4-6 errors in the app so far (no choices, audio not matching text, and possibly a misspelled word, though the last one could be my error). Still, even if the word for “go” changes spelling when used in sentences, it would be useful to have a note about this in the app. I also suspect that the app may be teaching how to speak written Burmese which differs from spoken Burmese, though I’m not proficient enough to know this for sure. It’s nice to have an organized app for Burmese learning, but I haven’t decided if the good outweighs the bad enough to continue after the free trial period yet.
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