邢唷>? AC?@欹_ 餜R&bjbj.*bb(^^8 ul0NNN$ ?29N,,"NN^^0/N^^8N?硉糁^E0u?FR??$NNNNNNNNNNuNNNN?NNNNNNNNN, $: 7 ?烻噀Apps are all the rage nowadays, and for good reason. They can help you out in just about every area of your life, whether it s keeping fit, organizing your schedule, communicating with friends, or even learning a language. Just like any tool though, you need to know how to use it properly to really benefit. Here抯 a user guide for optimal app use, provided courtesy of an app-addicted superuser.Educational apps are becoming increasingly popular as a supplement, and sometimes as an alternative, to traditional education. Why? Well, for starters, it抯 supremely convenient to learn on a pocket-sized device that you already carry around with you at all times. The best apps are also highly intuitive, interactive and adaptive, coaxing you in and getting you hooked on learning.But apps, just like textbooks and language lessons, are a medium through which a language can be studied. The way you use them will affect how successful you are. If you flick nonchalantly through a textbook and don抰 dare say a word in your language lessons, you抣l make slow progress. The avid reader who repeats each exercise in the textbook and engages the teacher in conversation will power ahead. So how do you ensure you get the most out of your app, and what should you consider before clicking install?Before downloading an educational app, here抯 what you should think about:1. Learn from diverse sources (not just apps)Beware the app which sells itself as the Holy Grail of language learning, the one-stop-shop, the answer to all your troubles. This is the commendable and very genuine aim of the educators and developers behind the best apps (and the globular marketing drool of the worst), but it抯 also out of kilter with those same educators ideals. Confused? The people behind the apps are driven to build the best product available, but, and bear with me on this one, they抮e also passionate language learners themselves. Any seasoned language learner will tell you that the beauty of striving and reaching proficiency in a language is the world which it opens up to you. This is a world of diverse sources of information, from newspapers and books to TV, radio, music and, yes, even real people. Would you limit yourself to one medium in your native language? Probably not, so why refrain from doing so in your new language? I encourage you to use apps extensively, but not exclusively.Want to learn a language with an app? Try Babbel here2. Establish your purpose and plan your habitsDo you want to be fluent in weeks or are you in it for the brain training? The good apps are structured to help you fit your studies around your timetable. The best apps adapt themselves based upon your behavior. These apps encourage habit building, because the successful formation of a habit ensures your safe and regular return. When would you like to return? Personally, I抦 a reformed early-morning-email-checker. Instead of cycling through emails I won抰 answer until I抦 in the office anyway, I skip nimbly through a course or two and then talk to myself in the shower. Weird, but effective.3. Remember that an app is just a toolA good app spurs you on with implicit or explicit gamification. What does that mean? App developers have taken the addictive elements of video games and applied them to educational apps. Sneaky? Maybe, but it抯 all for a good cause: to keep you learning! Rarely will you have heard someone bent over a textbook remark, 揑抦 completely addicted to learning Spanish! Among all the rewards and extrinsic motivation, don抰 forget your purpose and own, intrinsic motivation: It wasn抰 to complete level five and win some virtual gooseberries of virtue, it was to shoot the breeze with the locals, perched on a bar stall in Spain in front of a ca馻 and an unhealthy portion of pimientos de padron.4. Give your feedbackWe love feedback! This isn抰 a hollow call to arms trying to decrease the social distance between faceless developer and learner. Feedback is truly, madly, deeply golden. Why? For two main reasons: Firstly, all that mumbo-jumbo about revolutions and changing the world does rub off a bit. This means there抯 a wave of motivation propelling the app towards excellence, and app developers will be receptive to your input. Secondly, everything you touch within the app can be adjusted and improved quickly and to the benefit of everyone. It抯 almost Darwinian. If you抮e not 100% delighted with everything, there抣l be frowns on those faceless developers拝 um, faces. So say what you think, or even better, pop those thoughts in an email. Everything can and will be better.5. Make it socialNo, I don抰 mean posting your progress on Facebook. I mean social for real. I attribute the speed of progress I made in Italian to the competition/support engendered by Jim, my partner in study time. Find a friend to accompany you. Supplement your studies with an evening class. Borrow a book. Buy a book. Book a week away and attend a language school. 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