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Language Challenges

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The Language Challenges app is an interactive language learning tool whose goal is to motivate and challenge learners to learn more European languages. It features a variety of quizzes and challenges for testing learners’ knowledge of European languages, allowing users to unlock progressive levels of difficulty. Examples of these tasks are identifying countries and their languages from images and texts or guessing languages after hearing a recording. Language Challenges is free and available for download on both iOS and Android devices. It does not require users to sign up, have an account, or have access to the internet. There is also a printable option of its contents for those who do not want to download it. Language Challenge was developed by the ECML team. Bewertung: Language Challenges is a fun and engaging tool to learn about Europe's linguistic richness and heritage. It is not a language-learning app but rather helps users learn to identify languages from pictures, texts, and recordings and thereby foster their intercultural skills. Language Challenges is particularly well-suited for children and teenagers, and it can foster educational competition since users can compete with one another, compare scores, and share achievements on social media. It is particularly suitable to be used as part of the European Day of Languages (26th September).

Kosten: Free.

Website: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.toontastic

  

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Interaktionstyp

  • Einzelarbeit

Kompetenzen

Inhalte

  • Websites/andere Nutzer*innen

Benutzerfreundlichkeit

Benutzeroberfläche User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Intuitive, straightforward.

Zeiteffizienz Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium.

Sprache(n) der Benutzeroberfläche The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Dozens of official languages of ECML member states

Datenschutz Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium/High. It requires setting up a very basic profile with name, age and location. Unfortunately, there is no privacy section in the app, but since it is supported by Google Apps, the usual policies apply. This means that Google apps collect personal data, which may later be shared with third parties. See more here. The European Centre for Modern Languages does not monetise or sell user data and uses Google services only for operational purposes.

Arbeit für spätere Verwendung speichern Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes.

Individuell anpassbar (wenn ja, wie?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Interaktivität

Engagement

Zusammenarbeit

Kommunikation

Technische Voraussetzungen

Installation erforderlich?

Yes, it is only available as a mobile app.

Kompatibilität/ Betriebssystem

Android, iOS.

Andere technische Voraussetzungen