MyWords - Learn Arabic Vocabulary app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Innovative Language Learning USA LLC
First release : 12 Aug 2008
App size: 4.81 Mb
Master 10 Arabic Words a Day = 3,650 Words a Year!
What has MyWords empowered others just like you to do?
Rapidly build your vocabulary and perfect your pronunciation! MyWords is a completely new way to quickly learn and remember 10 vocabulary words a day. The fast pace at which you will master new words, with proper pronunciation, will absolutely amaze your friends, colleagues, teachers and family.
What makes MyWords so effective?
Its Fun, Easy to Use, and Daily – the 3 essential keys to learning fast.
How does it work?
In just 5 simple steps memorize and perfect the pronunciation of all 10 daily words:
1. Memorize all 10 words as each word appears side-by-side with its definition
2. Learn to pronounce each word as you listen again and again to a recording of a native speaker
3. Record and play back your own voice to compare your pronunciation to the native speakers
4. Save words and their small audio file to your personal word bank for later offline study
5. Quiz yourself with a fun and easy to use matching game
Repeat the process over and over everyday
What! Just 10 words a day! Whats the deal?
Great question! Weve been teaching languages for years, and 10 words a day is the perfect number as it wont overwhelm you. Remember, 10 new words a day adds up fast!
But please, dont take our word for it. According to the experts, "A vocabulary of 3,000-4,000 words is enough for reading newspapers and magazines fluently."
With MyWords you get 3650 words in the first year! That is A LOT of words! Your personalized Word Bank is going to fill fast!
MyWords, and its accompanying lifetime subscription, turns your iPhone/iTouch into a powerful language learning tool that will teach you how to:
-Memorize 10 words a day / 3,650 a year!
-Master the pronunciation of any word
-Significantly improve reading fluency as you see each word
-Improve listening comprehension by listening to the pronunciation of each word
-Master difficult words as you store and easily access them from your own personalized Word Bank
-Challenge yourself with a Matching Quiz to boost retention
With MyWords, you get all of these benefits, plus its easy to use. Each day 10 new words are automatically downloaded when you connect to the internet. Fast, effective, and easy to use.
Finally, each word is carefully selected by a team of experts to provide you with high frequency words that youre likely to use right away.
MyWords FEATURES:
-10 Word Daily: 10 essential words automatically updated daily. 3,650 words a year!
-Word Review: Side-by-side list of all 10 words and their meanings
-Listening Practice: Hear each words proper pronunciation by a native speaker
-Perfect your Pronunciation: Record and play back your voice to compare your pronunciation to the native speakers
-Personalized Word Bank: Save difficult or useful words, with their audio files, to review at any time even when you have no internet connection.
-Matching Quiz: Test your knowledge by matching all the words to their meanings.
-NEW IN VERSION 1.3: Access past word lists
Keeping adding to your Word Bank to build a collection of thousands!
Latest reviews of MyWords - Learn Arabic Vocabulary app for iPhone and iPad
I have used this app for one day so far, and I agree with those who feel the price is too steep for the content provided. I would really like the option to choose another set of ten words on a given day. For anyone who has basic knowledge of Arabic, the words for you are pretty basic. Also, better character support would be appreciated. How is the begining reader supposed to recognize the written word if all they have ever seen is the incorrect form. Still, I am happy to see Arabic instruction ok the iPhone.
We sponsored a family from Iraq so I wanted to pick up some Arabic.. When I went over to their house they were impressed with the iQuran but when I spoke some of what this program teaches they told me it was wrong (wrong words and translation). Its sad that a company would put this out there. People (like myself) that dont know any Arabic trust that this teaches you correctly. You might as well throw a bunch of words together and pretend like you know what youre saying,it doesnt cost $10. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PROGRAM! Pros: nice interface,recording/playback feature good Cons: wrong wording, wrong translation, only gives you 10 words a day (even if you want more you cant DL them until the next day)
The concept is great, but the app has major flaws. For one, the arabic characters appear in their stand alone form, not in their correctly printed connected forms. This makes reading and memorizing the spelling more difficult. If you have the iPhone, the next problem wont be as much an issue, but I have an iPod Touch - the program needs a wifi connection to download the words of the day(no problem), however, once downloaded...if you close the app, the words are cleared(annoyance). So you cant download the words and then keep them and review them throughout the day. There is also no way to update to a new set of words within a 24 hour period..if you learn the words already present and want to learn a new set that day, you are out of luck, youll have to wait till the next day. Ive also had issues moving words from my daily word list to my saved word bank. The price is very steep for an app with so many basic flaws.
This is the worst language app I own. It has the wrong saying of the words. Even the English is wrong. I wish I never wasted my money on this. Crappy app.
App is a great idea, but programming is broke. The Arabic words are mostly backwards on the comparison screen, and then correctly ordered on the detail screen. Trouble is the best feature which allows for a game to match correct words uses the messed up programming so it is useless. Should be an easy fix.