5 LinguaLeo updates and secret plans for English learners

On LinguaLeo accumulated 5 interesting updates:

• New training “Bridge” with p2p mechanics
• Improved Jungle with smart search and recommendations
• Ability to specify goals in learning English
• LinguaLeo.com - now in English and Portuguese
• Family subscription to LinguaLeo and a gift for a friend

Screenshots and nuances, as well as secret plans for future releases, look further ...

We train the pronunciation and perception of English speech

“Live communication” is what we want to realize in the very near future. We started with Bridge training. All participants are real users of the service! This is the first training with p2p mechanics at the core, when users interact directly, helping each other learn English.

How to workout? You pronounce the English words from your opponent’s dictionary, and its task is to hear you and indicate the appropriate translation for the word. Then vice versa. For training you will need a microphone and a few free minutes.
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The plans - new opportunities for “live communication”.

Updates in the jungle - a selection of the most interesting materials

LinguaLeo has a special section “Jungle”, which contains thousands of materials in English (more than 144.000). A couple of days ago, the jungle updated! Now the Spirit of the Jungle recommends the most useful and interesting materials. You can explore thematic collections and collections, as well as use a smart search that will always show the result. Requests can be both in English and in Russian.

In addition, they added a filter of materials by format and length, as well as sorting by level of complexity.

Details of the update of the Jungle - in the new blog LinguaLeo.

LinguaLeo.com for Brazilians and English interface

In order to localize LinguaLeo qualitatively in Portuguese, they used a special technology, and also invited a linguist-translator from Brazil to the team. Now all users from Brazil can also pump over Leo and improve their English!

Spent about a month for localization. The main difficulty was to separate phrases that relate to the interface from the elements belonging to the native language. For example, a translation in a dictionary is not an interface; therefore, it should not be localized as an interface. At the same time, translation is an element of the language model and must take into account the user's native language. The same story with courses: it is not always clear, the task in the exercise is an element of the interface or methodology, and what language it should be in - native, in the interface or in the studied one.

We took into account all these moments, but the most interesting thing lies ahead when, in addition to the native language, the subject is added to the language model. Now it is only English.

What are your goals in learning English?

“I want to read books in the original”, “I want to understand the speech of native speakers”, “I want to prepare for the TOEFL test” ... There can be any options. Mark the goals in your profile that you would like to achieve with LinguaLeo. At the moment, we are testing the functionality, and a bit later we will build a recommendation system that will help to fulfill the set goals.

Family subscription to LinguaLeo and a gift for friends

Now you can buy a certificate for classes at LinguaLeo not only for yourself, but also as a gift. Please friends and relatives with an unusual gift!

In addition, you can purchase a LinguaLeo certificate for the whole family with a 10% discount. A little later, we implement the automatic addition to the pride so that you can see the activity of all the members of the group.

Android will be born soon ...

September 7, a large mobile update from LinguaLeo! At 14:00 Moscow time a post with details will appear on Habré. Do not miss!

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