I’m looking for an app or website to help my so improve her English.

We looked at Duolingo earlier (as I’ve used it before for learning a bit of Greek) but it does not support English to English courses. This is a problem as our native language is as obscure as it gets.

Do you have any recommendations? It would be awesome if the service was as gamelike as Duolingo.

This is my first post on Lemmy, I hope I’m not in the wrong community.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The best way to improve her English is for her to read tons of English literature.

    Get her a Kindle Paperwhite (about $120) and encourage her to read fiction. It has to be enjoyable.

    With the Kindle, she can look up the dictionary definition and pronunciation of any word she encounters and does not know.

  • HatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Play video games in English. Watch English-speaking YouTubers. Interact with people online using English. As long as she enjoys the content, proficiency in the language will follow.

    • crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      You see, one of the goals is to be able to enjoy media in English together. The problem is that she quickly gives up after encountering too many unfamilliar words or constructs.

      Thats why I’m looking for an app to help her get a bit more confident.

      • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Kindle kindle kindle! I also commented elsewhere but the kindle offers one super key thing: the ability to look up a word’s definition super fast and easy.

        You just long press on a word with your finger, and the definition pops up. If it’s a term like “Monrovia” you’ll get the wikipedia article instead. Definitions and wiki articles pop up in a little window just smaller than a post-it note and when you tap anywhere else it goes away.

      • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Instead of describing it, I just uploaded a quick video of how it works.

        I read in spanish with a spanish dictionary and it’s great. I can actually proceed in literature that would be too slow with a physical dictionary.

        Also there’s always flash cards. She can probably find some kind of app work english-her language flash cards and just start learning vocab.

        https://youtube.com/shorts/3d4F-E4Cm00

        edit: pardon my nasty nails I’ve been moving today