Hi all,
I)
I don't have any plan for my corrupted En<-Pt reverse tree which was huge and based on CEFR.
Had a longer break but I won't be able to come back to it with everything removed (web free typing in PT, userscript support) or damaged progress (different progress, can't catch up with recently added L0 crown skills before my break, will probably be misplaced, can't simply continue where I left).
Of course reverse trees don't make any sense without Camilo's TreeEnhancer audio userscript for Tampermonkey.
Seemed to partly work, but the settings button is not shown on the new snake.
Firefox Nightly of course still has stored the local config file with added enhanced tree and reverse tree support configuration; worked on www-internal before. Only partly works now.
Don't want to use the mobile app and miss the PT audio or typing.
II)
My only plan is to use the old Android V5.52.5 app for Portuguese (from English) as long as I can to work on higher crown levels and more difficult verb tense stuff, Subjunctive (we have four dedicated skills in the original tree) and reviewing some grammar skills like Contractions 1-4, Demonstratives,...
III)
Maybe I'll start the German->French course on that V5.52.5 app and work through the course in the tree format.
It's similarly structured by former volunteer contributor team with a heavier grammar/verb tense focus and detailed Web Tips&Notes like my Portuguese course.
In general I'm NOT a big fan of tapping or over using my native German language.
IV)
As my two very old Laptops broke down and the website was damaged for old hardware and Firefox V52.x in 2019 by staff I'm currently focused on the Android app on a nice Redmi Note 10 Pro (6.67" Oled / Super Amoled screen) by Xiaomi which I got in summer 2021.
Played around with a borrowed Siemens Gigaset phone before for several months but it was significantly smaller.
Display size really matters here!
An Oled screen with max 1300 nits is much better to read outdoors in bright daylight and when sun is hitting the screen.
Also with that 6.67" screen I don't get 3+ prefilled word blocks in the answer field.
Might be version dependend but with introduced cartoons characters and limited height it usually was worse compared to when I quick tested it over all the years or on an Android emulator (even Landscape mode had that issue).
That was another reason trying to avoid the Android app because earlier (on other - incl. much earlier V3.x - app versions) often the FULL solution was given away for long and complex sentences and ALL word banks were auto-filled into the answer field without asking me or letting me think about it (no tapping, no typing).
I'm kinda astonished this was changed once again and I don't run into that specific issue in my Portuguese course.
full typing (or voice dictation) works randomly here and there even on L2 crown level (the hard limit is NOT L3+ crowns for this like we used to know)
VTT/STT (voice dictation) works better with Gboard in the app than on Firefox Nightly, dunno why.
Browsers make more dictation errors.
Sometimes the successfully dictated sentence (PT, EN,..) gets changed into some nonsense and non-existent words...I have not found a way to change that behavior, sadly to say.
I somehow wish I could go back to an earlier Android app version which doesn't show cartoons on the screen - wasting empty space, forcing unnecessary line breaks of text, limiting height - and app functionality not being much worse than the current app version I'm using right now.
Q: Is this possible? Which one do you use or can you suggest? One older version which still supports crown levels (so can't be later than summer/autumn 2018) with random typing support at L2 crown level.
V)
I'm stuck on Busuu French A2 and don't want to do all the speaking/writing community lessons.
But without having a Premium account anymore I'm forced into them and later lessons are LOCKED.
Can't continue anymore.
So I'm just reviewing older A1 and A2 Busuu lessons which are completed already.
VI)
Had shifted over to LingoLegend for French until the new video ads hit me in Learning mode end of December (app updates), also during the night (dark mode, 1000K blue light filtering, annoying sound of third party ads and games).
Will continue to use it occasionally.
A lot of content is there in French.
The 1-2 letter word builder is . more difficult than Duolingo word banks.
VII)
Busuu was some fun during my first French year, as I had written in my review in the "app benchmarks" thread, but is so quickly paced.
So I'm still searching for proper ways to restart with French from scratch more slowly.
VIII)
Still haven't started with Mosalingua (full language bundle from Black Friday).
I'm a bit scared of word SRS reviews on the app at the moment; don't want to do them daily right now and be forced into reviews.
Too much going on in personal life for this...
Maybe I'll try out MosaSeries French or MosaSpeak modules... Premium app got some support added for it.
That was the main reason I wanted to get this offer.
And all the 50+ dialogues with SRS flashcard support.
IX)
To keep it light, I added for now the "365 daily Mondly French lessons" to my routine.
I'll probably wade through the full Mondly French tree and topics there if I find the nerves.
Still haven't completed the extra module lessons and speaking lessons for Portuguese on the Mondly app (or app).
It's the blue icon at the top right side.
French or English contain even more extra topic/lessons than Portuguese
X)
Would gladly lean back and focus on the PASSIVE learning side, instead of too much clicking.
Mango is not accessible.
Need to pay extra single/all courses...Busuu was cheaper.
Pimsleur Premium app asks for 22€/month and Podcast misses flashcards and Premium review games.
Rocket French has three separate levels, not so cheap either. You need to pay for each one.
XI)
We'll see.....will probably keep my eyes open for Fluyo from Ikenna which Kickstarter launches end of March, but only for early alpha/beta testers.
Got an announcement email already and didn't invite anyone.
So make sure to sign up on Kickstarter if you want to be notified.
No idea how many free slots there will be...
I heard Ikenna is launching with French too.