Seems pretty great
I can’t be sure since I don’t have any pre-existing knowledge of Burmese to go by, but so far and to someone completely new to the language, this seems a great course. I’ve been using it for a while, going at a very slow and erratic pace since there’s no telling how long it’s going to be before I can actually travel to Myanmar, but I’ve learned a fair number of words and I’m even learning to read them in the beautiful Burmese script, and that’s saying something.
I had a complaint about the quizzes at one point that a question might ask you to translate the phrase “a girl and a boy” while the correct answer read “a boy and a girl”, but I’ve since decided that’s not a bad thing at all; I now see it as just adding a small additional challenge, increasing the likelihood that I really recognize the words I’m reading.
I’m still quite new to the course – I’m only working on Unit 2 now – and I may be able to speak more knowledgeably about the app in the future, but right now I just know I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve learned so far about a language that’s considered relatively difficult for an English speaker to learn. (Burmese is a Category IV language, along with such languages as Vietnamese and Russian, and surpassed in difficulty by only five languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean.)
The app also gives you the opportunity to get a good taste of the language and the app’s approach to it for free before you need to pay $19.95 to unlock the whole thing, which I just paid because I consider it a good deal.
If you’re one of the few non-Burmese interested in learning this language, I recommend giving L-Lingo’s approach a try.
I had a complaint about the quizzes at one point that a question might ask you to translate the phrase “a girl and a boy” while the correct answer read “a boy and a girl”, but I’ve since decided that’s not a bad thing at all; I now see it as just adding a small additional challenge, increasing the likelihood that I really recognize the words I’m reading.
I’m still quite new to the course – I’m only working on Unit 2 now – and I may be able to speak more knowledgeably about the app in the future, but right now I just know I’m pretty impressed with what I’ve learned so far about a language that’s considered relatively difficult for an English speaker to learn. (Burmese is a Category IV language, along with such languages as Vietnamese and Russian, and surpassed in difficulty by only five languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean.)
The app also gives you the opportunity to get a good taste of the language and the app’s approach to it for free before you need to pay $19.95 to unlock the whole thing, which I just paid because I consider it a good deal.
If you’re one of the few non-Burmese interested in learning this language, I recommend giving L-Lingo’s approach a try.
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