Thanks for the feedback and the chuckle. Do keep us informed. Thanks, Tish On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, they are kinda beta testing it. Right now, you can't sign up until > they get a couple of bugs worked out (a couple of pop-up explanations don't > work, a couple of explanations need to be put into English, stuff like > that). > > They have a variety of things in one lesson. Most start out with a > picture. It will say "Um casa" and a voice will pronounce it. You'll see a > picture of a cat, a house, and a coat (3 pictures). You pick the picture. > If you pick the wrong one, the correct one lights up. > > After a few of those, they have a fill-in-the blank. There are 2 kinds. If > they are introducing a word (I'll stick with "casa'") the picture of the > house will be there and it will say "Um casa" but the "casa" is in gray. > When you start typing over it, it goes away. That's when they introduce the > word. There's a group that will show the house and it will only say, "Um > _____." You have to type "casa" all on your own. > > Also, they have a few "drag-and-drop." The picture of the house will be > there. In English, the question will by typed, "It is a house." Below you > will see: casa É um. Well, they capitalized the first word of the sentence, > so you drag it in order to "É um casa." > > Then there's a group with no picture (they are upping the ante!). It is > typed "É um casa." The voice says it (or you click on the speaker icon - > always click it.....5 times if needed!!). 4 sentences are below: It is a > house, It is a coat, It is a cat, It is a car." You pick one. Then they > have the reverse too where the question says "It is a house" and you have > to pick from "É um casa," "É um casaco," "É um gato," etc. There is a > speaker icon by each. > > Also, there's the aural part. That's the spoken only. It's really tough, > at least for me. It says, "Listen and type in Portuguese." The voice says > "É um casa." No pictures, no prompts, no nothing. There are a variety of > male and female voices. But sometimes, I swear they are saying, "Éumcasa," > just like how the priests sometimes write our records! I found out early > that I should have been clicking that speaker button EVERY time, even if I > knew the word "casa." I need to get used to the pronunciation. So sometimes > I click it 5 times. I clearly have a problem understanding the verb "to > want" (querer). I can read it, I can read it after it has been conjugated > and I can conjugate it by myself. But when it's the voice only questions, I > mess up. I'm also NOT able to distinguish when a word ends in a vowel and > the next word starts with a vowel. They just get mushed together. As > annoying as it was, I'm slowly getting better at them (and I think the guys > slowed the pronunciation down). > > They don't always go in the order above. And you can retake a unit and get > a few different questions. And because the computer generates them, it can > put the aural part way too early in the unit. I was in the color unit, the > aural part came up and said "O pôr-do-sol é laranja." I heard the "é > laranja" but I didn't know what I was hearing for the first part. Later, > the computer gave me the pictures and that's when I saw the sunset and > realized what I heard. > > Overall, it's pretty fun. The 2 guys are pretty helpful, but I'm thinking > they won't be answering as many of my questions when they roll it out > officially (I give them some teacher feedback...such as "If I'm in the > possessive unit, why did this question says "A nossa ____" and I typed in > "casa" instead of "A ____ casa" and have me type in "nossa," the > possessive. And why isn't it ______ casa, forcing me to type "A nossa" > since there's that article or whatever in front of "nossa." I asked them if > they roll their eyes when they see me in their inbox! LOL > Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 6:56 AM, Tish M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cheri, >> >> How is your practice Portuguese going? I'm sure everyone is wondering. >> >> Tish >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I signed up for "Practice Portuguese's" announcements. They have opened >>> their Learning Studio, with some little activities, such as, click on the >>> picture, put the words in order, listen and type in Portuguese. Anyways, >>> it's a subscription service, for $12 a month (40 cents a day). If you sign >>> up before Tuesday, Lisbon time, it's $9 a month (30 cents a day). And you >>> can cancel at any time. Might be a good activity for the winter months! >>> >>> If the links below do not work, try this: https://www.practiceportuguese >>> .com/learning-studio/ >>> >>> I haven't explored the whole thing yet, but I have emailed one of the >>> guys asking him if he would consider a unit on family relationships (mom, >>> dad, brother, aunt, godfather,etc), another on the months of the year, and >>> another on numbers. Oh, and the pronunciation of common names. I don't ask >>> for much, do I? LOL >>> >>> Here was the email to me. If the link to sign up doesn't work, use this >>> one: https://www.practiceportuguese.com/learning-studio/ >>> >>> The Learning Studio >>> is Launched! >>> *Olá Cheri,* >>> >>> As foreshadowed >>> <http://practiceportuguese.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b244af3ce105d41a6b0725690&id=0438a129b8&e=bd5ec47b45> >>> at >>> the end of our 3-part video series... >>> >>> the *Learning Studio is NOW OPEN!* >>> >>> We're keeping initial registration open *until Tuesday, 11:59pm* (23:59), >>> Lisbon time. 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