Hey everyone. Welcome back to Pronunciation with Emma. In this video we’re gonna be
talking about some of my favourite apps. They are in no particular order but I will be talking
about why I like them and also why I don’t like them. Let’s start with a really common
one first, Duolingo. I have a love-hate relationship with Duolingo, I do like it, it if free, you
cannot complain when something is free, erm, however I do find that although I learn grammar
and vocabulary and I can also practise my speaking as well with this, the sentence that
it generates are ones that are not gonna be really useful to me and sometimes the sentences
that it generates are a little bit creepy. For example, a couple of years ago I remember
practising my Spanish with this app, I was sitting, just chilling, practising on Duolingo
and it gave me the sentence “my dead parents are under the table” and “where are my
dead parents?”. This creeped me the hell out and I stopped using the app for quite
a few years, so, hopefully I will never have to use these sentences. I now know them in
Spanish in case I ever need to use them, but I hope to got that I never have to use these
sentences. So sometimes they are a little bit creepy, erm, and they’re probably not
very realistic, you’re probably really not gonna use them. However, I definitely say
it’s one of the best free apps out there. Another one that’s very similar to Duolingo
is Memrise. I quite like Memrise. I find that the sentences are a lot more realistic. It
teaches you vocabulary and grammar but it goes through proper phrases that you will
actually say which makes this a little bit better than Duolingo. I must say that it does
get a little bit repetitive and even a little but boring sometimes so it’s not the most
fun app to learn new vocabulary and grammar fun but it’s free. You can’t complain.
So, I like it, I use it from time to time as well. Now this one is slightly different
because it’s not necessarily a language learning app, it’s more a place where you
just go and you find someone to speak to who wants to exchange language with you so I went
on there and I had a very mixed experience. I did find that, as a woman, I had a lot of
messages from men sending me, not necessarily perverted messages but I don't think they
were on this app to practise their English. I think they were on this app to try and find
a woman, and that's not what I'm looking for. So, ladies, and gentlemen, do approach this
app with caution because there are a couple of predators on there, however, I did strike
lucky and I did find someone to sit and practise my Spanish with. Unfortunately, we didn't
keep in contact but it was great to sit and find someone who I could practise my English
with, no, I didn't wanna practise my English, my Spanish. They practised their English,
I practised my Spanish. Now this one is probably my favourite flash card app, it's Tinycards.
It's really cute. I really really like this one. Again, it's completely free, I think
as well it's made by the same guys who did Duolingo, so it has that similar kind of style
to it. But it's really good. I like this one. I think as well, you can also create your
own flash cards so imagine you're reading a book or watching a TV series and you want
a way to practise the vocabulary that you're learning, you can download Tinycards, again
it's completely free, download that, put the words in there, and practise. Last but not
least, my favourite one, Drops. This app is beautifully designed. I really really like
this one. I play on this every single day, either when I just wake up or before I go
to bed. It is free but you can pay to upgrade it, if you use the free version then there
is a cap. So you have a certain time limit before you can use the app again, basically.
But if you pay to upgrade it then you can remove that cap and you can play on it as
much as you like. So, not good for grammar, it teaches no grammar, but it's excellent
for vocabulary, so it's really good for me cause that's what I look for in an app. I
feel like I can study and practise the grammar elsewhere, and drops is a really nice little
supplement to that. So that's it for this video, I hope you've enjoyed it. Let me know
in the comments what you favourite app is. I must also say that I've not been sponsored,
or paid, or endorsed, or bribed, or even asked by any of these companies to promote their
app. These are the ones that I've tried, they're my opinions, no one has paid me to say anything
about these apps. I've literally just chosen my favourite ones from my phone that I have
and I'm giving them to you, as a gift. They are all free so of course you can pay to upgrade
and you get a couple of extra features but I've just been using the free versions for
now, at least, I'm seriously considering upgrading the Drops one, that's for sure, but I'm, I
dunno, I kinda like having to wait with Drops. I like having that cap because it makes me
really keen and really eager to play it again when that limit has finished. Anyway, I hope
you have a fantastic week, don't forget to let me know what your favourite apps are down
in the comments and I will see you next time. Bye bye, guys. And last but not least, my
favourite one is Drops. I absolutely love this app, it's so beautiful, it's perfect
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