Language Lab
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Free | McGraw-Hill Higher Education | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
FEATURES:
Depending on the program, this app supports McGraw-Hill books with:
● Flashcard sets, with study mode and quiz mode, for all vocabulary lists in the book.
● Review quizzes that provide additional practice and ensure mastery of key concepts.
● Progress checks that allow self-assessment of your understanding.
● Audio recordings of reading passages and exercise answers from the book.
● Record yourself function to compare your pronunciation with native speakers.
● Record yourself function to compare your pronunciation with native speakers.
LANGUAGES:
English (ESL), French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Also, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
PROGRAMS:
The content in this app is designed to support bestselling books from the Trade division of McGraw-Hill, including programs in our "Practice Makes Perfect", "Easy Step-by-Step", "Easy Reader", and "The Ultimate Review and Practice" series.
Reviews
Buggy but Beautiful
AmgelicFire
I think the concept is well done and extremely useful. It's a great tool to go with the books, but extremely buggy. Sometimes freezes when turning the flash cards and the audio can be spotty. Great idea just work out the kinks.
Crashes
Jackieteaches2016
The audio recording is a cool feature but the app crashes every time I try to record. The index card feature is good for practice too
Will not advance
Dazy29
With the latest update, the app doesn't work as well. It shows the first card in each exercise, but will not advance to other cards in that section. Please help. I was doing so well!!
Good but crashes
CandiEm
I like this layout. Like the cards. The app will be helpful. However: Every time I try to use the 'record my answer' feature- it crashes. This would be such a good thing if it worked.
Amazing!
ForeverNeverMore599
This app is awesome but my only complaint is it can be a little cheesy at times and a little slow.
Where is the update?
Estela715
I can’t believe a company as big as McGraw Hill hasn’t updated and fixed all the bugs in this app. Let me tell you guys what’s going on the consumer side. I bought a complete set of books to learn French with the incentive YOU SOLD ME when advertising a fantastic app to work along with the books. I thought, hey this will be great! I will have audio to play for all the vocal I’ll be learning. Great!...Not so much. I am extremely disappointed with the app. For the following reasons. 1) The app is so outdated it borders on vintage. It looks clunky, feels clunky and works...clunky. 2) The record function doesn’t work. The app crashes in one of the most vital parts of learning a new language. 3) The screen that shows you how well you’ve done is so cheesy I can’t even begin to talk about it. Just look at other apps like Duolingo for reference on how it should be done. Skip the classical music fireworks and get to the point. 4) The vocabulary flash cards are nice but oh wait, there’s no audio! So I will learn how to write the words but not pronounce them. Awesome. Seriously, whoever developed and designed this app is clearly not up to date on modern techniques. This is extremely disappointing for someone who is trying to learn a new language and wants a system that hits all the areas except real life conversation. Honestly, I don’t know how a big company like this is even ok allowing an app like this to represent their name. Sadly, I can’t return the books.
Crashes and Glitches
Eldora14
I bought one of the books in the series and was delighted that there is a complimentary digital component, but it’s not very useful for anything other than hearing text pronounced. As long as you proceed through each “flash card” to the end you get 100%. Unfortunately the app crashes every time I attempt to use the “record” feature. Strangely, you are not asked to verify your book purchase to access the app with myriad book titles and you can work on any title in the series. As an apparent glitch, a number of the books indicate my progress even though I’ve never opened those titles.
Soooo many flaws
Haydenr23
I got the app to go with my book. While the book was great, the app was not. It crashes every time I want to use the record feature. It also gives an option to hear the word or phrase but the audio doesn’t work
Would be better if we didn’t have to navigate to our current book everytime
theplothole
The biggest problem I find with this app is that every single time I open it, I have to select the language I’m studying and then go through a list to find the book I’m actually reading. It would be nice if it could remember its last opened state. Or at least provide a way to favorite a entire book for quick access!
SO. HELPFUL.
Leslie-Grace
Y’all. I can’t stress ENOUGH how much I struggle with learning a new language. Yes be taken a total of 4 Spanish and I am STILL struggling, AND have to take another Spanish class this summer. You won’t believe how much easier with this app. When it comes to learning the vocabulary, I can learn it pretty well. But with forming sentences and grammar, I’m so bad. This app?? It helps with ALL of that! Vocabulary, grammar, listening and actually hearing the words being spoken? It does it all!
