Having an iPhone or iPod Touch loaded with apps is a great way to stay entertained while standing in line or riding the bus. But there are many applications available that can make that time productive, too.
These apps are great for helping iPhone owners who are studying a foreign language by providing tips, quizzes, new phrases, flashcards, and more.
Learn a Foreign Language With 24/7 Tutor Applications
This set of apps lets users keep a personal tutor right in their iPhone. Each app features audio clips with native speaker for each word, quizzes, flash cards, and even a fun puzzle game to keep students entertained. The 24/7 language lab offers nine different applications:
- French 101
- German 101
- Italian 101
- Spanish 101
- French 102 - Phrases
- German 102 - Phrases
- Italian 102 - Phrases
- Spanish 102 - Phrases
- Spanish for Food & Dining at Restaurants
- FREE French Tutor
- FREE German Tutor
- FREE Italian Tutor
- FREE Spanish Tutor
With the exception of the free apps, all of these are available for $7.99 on the iTunes App Store.
Learn to Write Chinese and Japanese With SJC Linguistics
Chinese and Japanese are two beautiful languages, but writing is difficult to master. These two apps from SJC Linguistics help users practice writing their new language with a clean and simple interface.
WriteChinese and WriteKana display characters on the screen and provide numbers as starting points for strokes. Clearing the page is as simple as shaking the iPhone, and changing characters can be done with just a flick. At just $1.99 each, these apps are great for any Chinese or Japanese language student.
Test Language Skills With Gengo Quiz
The Gengo Quiz line of apps by Innovative Language Learning, LLC are a great way for iPhone owners to test their language skills on the go. The app allows users to select their ability level, and records their quiz scores.
There are Gengo Quiz app, along with podcasts and other helpful tools available for dozens of languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, and Korean, on the Innovative Language Learning website. Each Gengo Quiz app is $4.99.
Translate Languages Easily with iParrot
iParrot is a comprehensive series of multi-translation apps that each only focus on two languages. Phrases are divided into categories like "Greetings", "Transportation", "Shopping", "Asking for Help", etc.
There are dozens of iParrot apps to choose from, so almost everyone is sure to find the translation help they need. A few examples include:
- Portuguese-German
- Japanese-Arabic
- Thai-French
- Chinese-English
- Russian-Italian
Learn Foreign Languages on the iPhone
For students of any new language, there's sure to be an application that can help! Most language learning apps can be found in the Education section of the iTunes App Store.
Learning English? Try these iPhone Apps for ESL Students.
Need help with math too? Check out these Math Tutor iPhone Apps.
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