Andrew Day

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Can languages apps learn the classroom Language , or even to revitalise a minority, or to die?

Apps languages - real or invented - to not be popular enough, taught at the night school or the majority of universities.

Esperanto , Invented In order to the peace of the world, Avatar, Na'vi, elven and Star Trek 's Klingon are all on the table.

Guy Baron, head of modern languages at Aberystwyth University, said there had been "snobbery" to apps, but want to use technology in teaching.

Apart from The Weird and wonderful fictional languages available, people can go to select apps to learn a popular Language like Spanish or French, relying on the ability to at your own pace and fit sessions around your existing commitments.

Some apps offer a Quiz, or to increase word-and phrase-repetition, to learn, while others are complete programs with tutor guidance, and the chance to communicate with native speakers.

But the users say, there are pitfalls, such as not completely the grammar and the lack of in the classroom with peer understand, support.

Dr. Baron, said apps should be used in addition to traditional teaching methods, not to the exclusion of the traditional teaching.

Amy Jo Price , to learn Welsh and Gaelic because the have ancestors from Wales, Scotland and Amy Jo Price , A Teacher from Alabama in the United States, Language apps, you will be part of your morning routine.

it is using Duolingo for Welsh and Mango for Gaelic, to roots and honor your ancestors in Wales and Scotland.

", I log in the same time every morning while I drink my tea and Breakfast," She Said .

"I have pages of contacts on various Facebook and make it discuss to a point, the languages and practice with them. "

Eugenia Iglesias, based in Patagonia, Argentina, where it is said a Welsh settlement, that it was difficult learning about an app - so education is as well.

"Sometimes it's a bit difficult because you Miss A lot of grammatical structures. You learn by repeating sentences.

"I'll do both (classes and apps) to a wider understanding of the Welsh Language . "

The Language learning industry is crowded The languages are, the people a choice? People can sign up, without much, if any, cost and study at your own pace before a holiday or Event - Japanese overtook Italian in popularity among the Welsh users of the app Busuu before the 2019 Rugby World Cup to host in Japan.

There is a 97% increase in Busuu users from Wales - registration, to learn Japanese was not to say, in the 12 months prior to The Tournament and a 140% increase during The First week of the games, although the developers release actual numbers of Learners , it is commercially sensitive information.

Spanish is Learners usually one of The Most popular languages in the UK - online and Offline - and is considered to be to learn one of the easier languages for native English speakers.

Babbel, 43% of the Learners from Wales, are learning Spanish, about 28% of Busuu is registered 450,000 of Welsh users to learn Spanish, and the Language takes 25% of the Duolingo Learners .

On Duolingo, the Japanese is to 52% this Year , the re developer due to the rugby tournament and the Olympic games 2020 in Tokyo .

Psy 's horse-galloping dance move was immortalised in the Gangnam Style video, what a name, K-pop said in the world Just outside The Top 10, Duolingo is that it had a "significant jump" in The Number of people who learn Korean in the UK, which could be attributed to the increase of the K-pop Music originating from South Korea , including the likes of Gangnam Style, with the genre growing in popularity worldwide since then.

the end of 2019 Duolingo Arabic and Latin started, for the English speaker and said it was "very likely" that one or both of The Top 10 in the next Year could.

Since its Welsh-rate launched in 2016, overtaking Chinese and Portuguese.

With zero-Cornish speakers in 1800, the published revival of the Language since Henry Jenner , A Handbook of the Cornish Language in 1904 No Doubt be reinforced in the last years due to its accessibility online, although developers have, it still attracts a relatively small number.

And Duolingo said it has 127,000 people, Scots-Gaelic since the Start of the course on St. Andrew's Day last Year - More Than double The Number that reported they were able to speak the Language , the on the 2011 census of Scotland.

Do people stay motivated? On Memrise, as 16, 500 people signed up to learn Welsh, but the average time, keep up with the rate per session was 52 minutes, compared to only 646 learning Cornish, in which the average engagement Time Was Three Hours .

Without regular lessons, the pursued participation and education - let the user stick with your chosen Language ?

"Traditionally, one of the biggest obstacles for Language Learners is the motivation," Busuu is the co-founder and CEO Bernhard Niesner said.

"Ultimately, what we have found, the binding is closely associated with an individual target. To learn, for example, if someone is, for work, education or for family reasons, they tend to stay, learn the Language , much More Than someone, learn for travel or fun. "

He added that it was a "giant leap" in the new user, at the beginning of January was, in General, "from the back" New Year , new me "resolutions".

"So, we see small, but noticeable spikes at the beginning and at the end of the Summer - which are closely linked to Summer travel and the Learners return to education. "

Ed Cooke , co-founder of Memrise, said his app uses a learning technique, people "learn very fast", which is of interest to keep you.

"people learn because they are interested in the people and the Culture , wants to be the Language at the end everyone will be able to communicate and connect with people, that's why you are too busy to learn a Language in the First Place .

"This is one reason why schooly approaches or applications, based on gamifying school-don't engage the people learn, very Deeply , you can not only teach The Words and The Rules , and there is No Connection with the meaning and the emotions, to know the reason. "

The app has videos of native speakers filmed in the context of Language , on a " crowd-funded double-Decker bus tour around Europe.

Duolingo uses Inside Jokes within the courses, in order to entertain the user, including a recurring character named Owen, who is wearing a parsnip in the Welsh, of course, and under the influence of alcohol parrots in the Irish course.

Meanwhile, Babbel, a team of 150 linguists that build the courses, the added have by hand, i.e. every Language is of course quite different, with the developer focusing on the support of users, learn quickly, - adding 8% of their customers, logging while you are on the toilet.

Babbel said, More Than half of its users stay for 12 months or More .

What do the Learners do the thinking? Alex Levinson, who lives originally from the USA, but in London, learning of the planned Language Esperanto , and Welsh - through an app.

Esperanto was Invented In 1887 and was to promote a universal second Language , peace in the world and break Language barriers.

"I remember One Day , I was looking through the languages, Duolingo, and as I searched, I came across Esperanto ," Alex said.

Alex Levinson, 19, Esperanto to learn, "I thought that the name sounded interesting, so I looked it up and learned how it was intended to be an international Language , as the creators believed that conflicts between countries would have been treated better, if not for the Language barrier, and he created Esperanto , so that it would be hard to learn for people, no matter what your native Language is. "

Alex , 19, added that Esperanto not as a location-based borrows from many languages, and makes learning The Other easier and More interesting for him.

"If you are learning a Language in a class that I had to learn, at what pace the teacher sets, which can make learning a Language difficult, When some people learn things faster, while others may have difficulty learning certain concepts, whereas, by learning in one app, I can at My Own pace.

"A few months ago, I got the opportunity to work with other Esperanto speakers at my University, and to speak the Language , In Person , and I was nervous at first, but it really made me realize how I well-versed'm really in the Language , and it was a good exercise as well. "

Milla Leskinen from Finland, is with the apps, Welsh, German, Italian, Latin, Swedish, and Karel learn of the next of kin of their mother Language , Finnish.

"Besides My General fascination for obscure languages, it's because of the family she told the story of how my great-grandfather was a tongue of father maternal mother".

Milla, 33, said that learning about an app that was the only plausible way that the long hours of work and other obligations.

Lianne Wilson, the Cornish and lives in Cardiff, is learning the Welsh and grain.

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