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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Interactive Spanish Language Training on Kindle

There are two new Kindle Apps today from 24/7 TUTOR. Both are language training apps for Spanish (and I'm sure other languages will follow) and fill a gap in content that has been asked for on the Kindle for some time (at least, on the Amazon forums I've been on, for the last couple of years). All that is needed to round these out well is a English-to-Spanish (and vice-versa) dictionary that would let you type in a word and do a quick lookup (are you listening 24/7? This shouldn't be hard to create).

24-7 Spanish - Basic Phrases ($3.99)

Book Description
Learn Spanish with your own personal language tutor.

24-7 Spanish - Basic Phrases is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a talking phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.

Content includes conversational phrases organized in 13 categories including First Phrases, Greetings, Getting to Know, Communication, Questions, Wants, Needs, Feelings, Common Expressions, Interjections, To Go, and other common and miscellaneous phrases. Spanish - Basic Phrases is different from 24-7's other Spanish language tutor title Spanish - Vocabulary in that it provides full phrases versus basic vocabulary terms.

Spanish - Basic Phrases is a useful tool for beginners who may wish to refresh basic Spanish skills, and a great companion for a trip in a Spanish-speaking country.


24-7 Spanish - Vocabulary ($3.99)

Book Description
Learn Spanish with your own personal language tutor.

24-7 Spanish - Vocabulary is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a talking phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.

Content includes basic vocabulary organized in 21 categories including Family & Friends, Travel, Home, Office, School, Countryside, Around Town, Other Nouns, Food & Drink, Clothing, Weather, Time & Date, Pronouns, Adjectives, Opposites, Colors, Descriptives and Numbers. Spanish - Vocabulary is different from 24-7's other Spanish language tutor title Spanish - Basic Phrases in that it provides basic vocabulary terms versus full phrases.

Spanish - Vocabulary is a useful tool for beginners who may wish to refresh basic Spanish skills, and a great companion for a trip in a Spanish-speaking country.