An app for practicing language listening skills

by puzz • 10 years ago

3 2 10 years ago

puzz• 10 years ago

Hi all,

This site is born out of my frustration when trying to learn a new language. It is a "language learning application", but you won't learn a language by using it. I made it to practice one specific (and I think important) thing - the skill of listening a new language.

The idea is simple, the site contains short user-uploaded voice recordings with transcription and translation.

Here's an example in Spanish: http://lisn2.me/exercise/1455534102678176880 . Users who learn Spanish can then listen to it (with/without transcription and translation).

After that you can exercise listening to chunks of the recording and then guess the text and translation: http://lisn2.me/exercise/1455534102678176880/quizes/guesschu...

The second exercise is to listen and type (in the original language): http://lisn2.me/exercise/1455534102678176880/quizes/dictate The app will show (in green or red) when you got the transcription right.

This is still a proof-of-concept, the site html is very simple (but to be sincere, I like simple html websites:) and there are some bugs.

Now, I'm looking for feedback/suggestions/questions before deciding how (if) to proceed with this project.

brudgers• 10 years ago

This might make a good "Show HN".

Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

An app for practicing language listening skills

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