Learn Language Now Review

Learn Language Now! (All)

Appropriate Level: Good for all levels

Skills:

Listening Comprehension
Speaking
Reading
Writing
Vocabulary
Grammar
Pronunciation

Usefulness: Helps students to practice basic vocabulary exercises, clarifies vocabulary that they don’t understand, provides reference tools with grammar rules. Allows people to listen to a conversation between native speakers and follow along. If they talk too fast, you can read it, too.

Content: Conversational vocabulary, greetings, etc.

Activities:

Reading and listening to text passages
Crossword puzzles
Vocabulary check
Identifying verbs in a sentence
Filling in vocabulary missing from a sentence
Unscrambling sentences
Recording dialogues

Positives:

Appeals to all different learning styles
Directions are always in front of you, very easy to follow
Highlighted conversation to follow along easier

Negatives: Japanese version does not offer practice with kana and kanji (all text is in romanji)

Tips/Tricks:

Click on words you don’t know and the meaning comes up on the bottom of the screen
Click on the turtle icon to slow down the pace