This week, as another installment of the immersion series, we are going to look at Lingua.ly. Previously, we have covered an interactive book, a video archive, and a way to chat. In traditional immersion like travel or an intensive language-learning program, you practice speaking, listening, reading, and writing with nearly every interaction. Of course, an app can’t emulate full immersion, but it can give you lots of practice in using the language in a natural-feeling context.
Lingua.ly collects news articles that suit your self-reported proficiency level and topic of interest. When you don’t know a word, you tap to show the definition and add it to your word bank. The app gives you a few options for practicing the vocabulary, including some that count as games.
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