When learning English, constant ear training plays a significant role. To develop this important skill, I have been studying for a long time on a free online service for learning English by listening — learnathome.ru , who finally has a mobile app. The service is focused specifically on listening, but when disassembling lessons, useful material is also given on grammar. I will describe the principle of operation of the application and its main "chips".

The start page displays a list of recommended exercises, and after completing 3-4 tasks, the system independently determines the level and begins to select suitable exercises. As the results improve, the complexity of tasks increases.

Each exercise is a video clip, when playing which there is a pause after each phrase. You need to try to correctly type the sentence you heard in the text line.

You can endlessly repeat the passage, trying to hear as much as possible. If an erroneous character is entered, it is highlighted in red, and further input is suspended until the error is corrected. You can click on the hint button to output the current word, if it never turned out to be written correctly.

After completing the exercise, the full text of the video is displayed with a line-by-line translation, in which the words entered with errors are underlined. You can also switch to the "hints" tab: a list of grammatical constructions found in the text, supplemented with detailed comments.

There are often videos with episodes of famous films, as well as whole music videos, so classes quickly "tighten", excitement appears. Additional motivation is provided by personal rating and goal setting systems:

The rating is influenced by a number of parameters, including: the number of lessons completed, the use of hints, the time spent. All rating changes are displayed on the progress chart.
When setting a goal, you need to set the number of lessons to be completed in the next month. The service will mark the intermediate results in a personal diary, as well as solemnly announce the achievement of the set threshold. The diary also contains a list of all lessons completed, broken down by calendar days.

When using the application , two main inconveniences were highlighted:

When entering characters through the touch keyboard, typos often occur, especially if you type from a small phone keyboard. This moment can be compensated by an alternative input mode for the first letter. If you set the "Autofill" switch in the settings, then when entering text, it will be enough to "guess" the first letter in the word.
Only lessons from the recommended list are available in the application, while on the website you can choose any video from an extensive database. Although this can also be considered as motivation for completing existing tasks in order to curiously see what the next ones will be.

Summarizing, I can say with confidence that the learnathome application is one of the best for practicing listening skills and can be safely used as a key tool for comprehensive English language learning.

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