Feels so friendly.
The female voice in the app sounds so kind and encouraging.
I find the app very challenging. I rarely hear “Ka Pai” but am so glad when I do. And I’m also glad when I don’t, because I think the more I’m forced to repeat things, the more I will learn.
I find the app very challenging. I rarely hear “Ka Pai” but am so glad when I do. And I’m also glad when I don’t, because I think the more I’m forced to repeat things, the more I will learn.
Awesome way to improve pronunciation
This app has picked apart my pronunciation bad habits - I love it. It’s also a great exercise for listening and remembering phrases without seeing them first which is perfect for improving conversational ability.
Please add written words
Love the concept of this app. I struggle to remember the phrases, though. It would be so helpful to see the written words - both as a prompt to remember the phrase, and also to ensure pronunciation matches the letters/graphemes used. I would happily pay for an app like this with the text added - no expectation that it is free!
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This app is a joy
This wonderful app somehow makes learning pronunciation an incredibly relaxing experience. As a beginner learner I am finding this app wonderful for teaching (and correcting) my pronunciation. The vocab is interesting and varied. I love the spoken format. However, I do struggle to remember the longer phrases in order to repeat them back. I find the written prompts very helpful for this. Thank you so much for creating this beautiful app.
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Really useful for beginners
I am impressed with this app. Really helpful for me starting my Te reo journey
Brilliant work here
Such a great app by Te Hiku for all levels but aimed at beginner levels, as noted by the creators. The voice talent have great pronunciation, unlike other apps I’ve come across, which is hugely important if the aim is to improve pronunciation.
I love that the app is encouraging rather than discouraging in how it corrects learners - repeating the instructions and the mispronounced word or words, and then closing this off with a ‘ka pai’ or ‘tino pai’ once corrected.
I think the app may be a little sensitive and is designed to ensure learners are over enunciating and emphasising some of the words particularly those with macrons (e.g. tērā/tēnā) - so can me a little alarming for fluent speakers when you get a ‘whakarongo’ or ‘try again’ lol.
Amazing work, e hoa mā. Autaia rawa atu koutou!
I love that the app is encouraging rather than discouraging in how it corrects learners - repeating the instructions and the mispronounced word or words, and then closing this off with a ‘ka pai’ or ‘tino pai’ once corrected.
I think the app may be a little sensitive and is designed to ensure learners are over enunciating and emphasising some of the words particularly those with macrons (e.g. tērā/tēnā) - so can me a little alarming for fluent speakers when you get a ‘whakarongo’ or ‘try again’ lol.
Amazing work, e hoa mā. Autaia rawa atu koutou!
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Dialect
Kia Ora,
This is a cool concept and well designed. I didn’t get too far in with Taranaki reo. . It’d be great in later developments if mita o ngā rohe were included. For reo learners, learning reo a iwi is important. We also don’t want our tamariki correcting their beautiful reo.
Kia kaha, Kia ū!
This is a cool concept and well designed. I didn’t get too far in with Taranaki reo. . It’d be great in later developments if mita o ngā rohe were included. For reo learners, learning reo a iwi is important. We also don’t want our tamariki correcting their beautiful reo.
Kia kaha, Kia ū!
Hard to remember the phrases of you don’t know TeReo Māori beforehand
The concept is interesting, however I think the phrases are too long and there is no visual help to remember them all, just audio.
That would be a great improvement.
That would be a great improvement.
