Ryan TS# 13


   I’ve recently been using a smartphone app called FluentU to help practice my Japanese skills. FluentU is a language learning app that specializes in several languages including English. I thought it probably be a good tool to use for Amnazo and her kids in our tutoring sessions, judging from my personal experience with using the app’s Japanese and Chinese teaching tools (the latter being a language that I’ve never studied before and made some strides). The results, in my opinion, were hit and miss. It turns out the English learning aspect of the app wasn’t as deep as the other languages served in the software, seemingly being more of a tool to help people who are already learning English and are fairly proficient in it, compared to the other languages taught through the app which could learned by complete beginners. Still, the kids got enjoyment from the app.

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