This blog is all about Filingo, learning Russian, and digital pedagogy.
If you were choosing a restaurant to eat sushi: Which would you prefer? One that serves only sushi, or one that also offers pizza, burgers, and pasta?
A third way to learn a foreign language using a program is through specialized apps or web apps. These are characterized by their use of modern web technologies.
A free alternative to the Langenscheidt vocabulary trainer that is available on multiple operating systems is the flashcard program Anki.
For French or Italian, there is sufficient demand. It makes financial sense for publishers to produce linear learning materials for these foreign languages. That is no longer the case for Slavic languages.
Vocabulary learning works especially well when it is interactive and synesthetic — that is, when it engages multiple forms of perception. That’s why learning with a vocabulary notebook during school was particularly dreadful.
