Word Bucket
Learning languages on your mobile is not something really new. And there are already many applications to learn, review and practice phrases and words Without However, there are few like Word Bucket A tool based on gamification or games to ensure that the learned words never forget A curious application that is based on overcoming stages and on repetition to learn new terms, but it never gets done heavy for the user.
It is an application with different utilities but with a clear final objective: learn new terms However, it is possible to use it asdictionary to know unknown meanings, being able to add said words to the list with which you can interact in Word Bucket All this through an application with a neat visual aspect that makes its use pleasant and comfortable , away from boring textbooks or word lists.
Just start the application and create a profile in it. In this it is necessary to indicate the mother tongue and what language is being learned, in addition to thelevel reached This adds 50 words to the user's cubeFrom this moment it is already possible to start learning these words based on the idea of transfer the terms to other levels or cubes according to your knowledge. Thus, there is the white cube, the orange, green and red cube In the first stage there are the terms introduced In the second, after a first contact, they pass the words that are known and, finally, in the third those that are mastered The red cube, for its part, collects the errorsto be able to review the terms that need to be reviewed.
The method of transferring the words is carried out through tests or games Thus, starting with the white cube, it is possible to send words to orange choosing the correct translation from the list with reduced time pressure, although you may have to repeat the process for some of them multiple times.However, the tests to pass the words from orange to green change, becoming more demanding And it is that the green cube includes the words that are really mastered. Therefore, through a limited time, Word Bucket challenges the user to correctly write the translation of terms or choose the correct one among several. Again, by repeating this process, the mastered words will go to the cube, while the wrong words will go to the red cube
In addition, Word Bucket acts as a complete dictionary Thus , from its top bar it is possible to search for terms to find their translation, giving the option to add personalized meanings And not only that, since it is possible to add these unknown terms to the white cube to insert them in the user's learning process.
In short, an entertaining and really useful tool for expanding your vocabulary. The downside is that the free version is limited to 50 default words and 25 more that the user can add. In addition, the version for Android only supports English for the moment (as long as Spanish is chosen as the native language) , being able to expand the variety of languages if English is selected as mother tongue, while users of iPhone have a much broader list of languages to practice from Spanish as the base language. However, both versions can be downloaded and fully tested free via Google Play and App Store
