Grammar. And more grammar. Excellent app.
I´ve used more than a dozen different language apps and still use a handful to continue learning Spanish. No single app checks all the boxes for language learning, it seems.
KwizIQ, which I have now been using for almost a year, stands out as a tool for learning grammar. No talkie and little listening... just enough to guide a student's pronunciation. The AI holds my interest, without trying to be too hokey or gamified.
When I first started using KwizIQ, I was a little frustrated that I never scored 100% accuracy on the quizzes. Who doesn't like to be a winner? The trick is to put one's pride aside and realize that mistakes are how we learn. If we know all the answers, no reason to keep studying and learning.
The responses are usually encouraging, but can indeed be a little snarky ("Have you had your coffee yet?!") But once I realize how badly I had done in the quiz, I get over it and laugh and just "hit the books" again (another response I hate to hear)
But that's what it takes! Study, quiz, study, quiz. The nice thing about this app is that your study time focuses on the mistakes, which after all, is how one really learns.
I'm loving the progress guides: Brainmap and Improvement Timeline. They are very useful and motivating.
My IT isn't a true curve. It is more of a stepped curve, which helps me understand what the AI is doing behind the scenes. The quizzes push me to my limits, until I am making more mistakes and correct answers. Then the app seems to reward my learning by cruising more smoothly for awhile and the exercises seem almost easy.... almost, but not quite.
And I know it's just a matter of time before I'm flunking again and need more coffee to drink while I hit the books.
12 April 2023
Unprompted review