Brilliant for practicing listening skills
I am trying to learn Swahili and this app is really helping.
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them, it sounds great and is exactly what I needed.
Unfortunately the Clozemaster game play won't allow you to practice your own sentences in Listening Mode. The audio is available and does play fine, but you are only allowed to hear it AFTER you answer. I want to work out what is being said FROM the audio, so the app game play features are of no use.
Instead I ignore the PLAY and REVIEW buttons completely, go straight to the list of my sentences, and just hit the loudspeaker icons. The sentence list does show the text of the sentences, but I cover the left side of my phone screen with masking tape to avoid seeing that (unless I can't work out what was said and need to peak).
The developers probably wonder why I am adding so many sentences but appear never to play them. And why I have payed for Clozemaster Pro but appear not to use it. Works for me though.
Unfortunately there aren't many Swahili sentences available to learn compared to more popular languages. It is possible to input your own sentences, but until recently they had no audio so were of little interest to me. I was overjoyed when they started generating Clozemaster audio for them, it sounds great and is exactly what I needed.
Unfortunately the Clozemaster game play won't allow you to practice your own sentences in Listening Mode. The audio is available and does play fine, but you are only allowed to hear it AFTER you answer. I want to work out what is being said FROM the audio, so the app game play features are of no use.
Instead I ignore the PLAY and REVIEW buttons completely, go straight to the list of my sentences, and just hit the loudspeaker icons. The sentence list does show the text of the sentences, but I cover the left side of my phone screen with masking tape to avoid seeing that (unless I can't work out what was said and need to peak).
The developers probably wonder why I am adding so many sentences but appear never to play them. And why I have payed for Clozemaster Pro but appear not to use it. Works for me though.
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AI gen issues
Good, but the AI sentences and vocab are very poor and often directly contradict itself between the dictionary, sentence, and explanation; at least for Hebrew.
Also work some grammar into the lessons.
Also work some grammar into the lessons.
Good
Works well.
Lacks innovation
It has been abandoned and they go onto other projects and introduce new apps in place of improving this app
Unbelievable Language Refresher
I have not spoken French since my college year abroad about 25 years ago. Using the voice recognition feature and my brain knows to complete grammar and words I had no idea I knew to begin with. Starting to speak in proper sentences again. Can’t speak to learning a language but for digging up dormant language skills it’s hands down a 10 ⭐️ rating!
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