HelloChinese
Their Philosophy:
Let Chinese learning become easier, so that more people can learn Chinese and let more people truly understand China.
Launched in July 2015, Hello Chinese is game-based learning app aimed for beginner and intermediate learners. It is free with IAP (in app purchase). The application has three modes; learn, train and immerse. The learn mode contains several units and it provides several opportunities to practice what has been taught in the mini-lessons. The units are broken down into short lessons, making it easy for the user to learn or study even when there is little free time. There is no cost to play the learn mode. Each unit provides vocabulary, grammar and the users can also practice listening, speaking (pronunciation), reading and writing.
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The Learn mode:
A set of free courses. There are about 50 units, each of these have 3 to 5 lessons with about 20 exercises for the users to learn and practice the content. The exercises are designed for the users to practice reading, grammar, writing and pronunciation.
The Train mode:
There is a cost for accessing this mode. Designed in a curriculum mode. It includes courses, games and culture. It also has mini games that take the format of slicing fruit, jigsaw puzzle and racing style games. There are also word recognition and grammar games. The games are adaptive. The further the user advances the harder the games get.
The Immersion mode:
A fee needs to be paid to for this mode. It provides podcasts type lessons and it also includes the material provided on train mode. Videos and audios last about 8-10 minutes. The scripts of these are provided so users can follow the dialogue. It includes exercises such as filling the blanks and recording oneself. Users will be able to watch the same videos with the recording of their own voice.