App name: Speak Chinese in English for Fun Price: $0.99 Speak Chinese in English for fun is free fron now to Jun 10th. iPhone:Link iPad:Link Description: The app teaches people mandarin Chinese. Simply by reading the English words below the Chinese words, people will be speaking mandarin Chinese without learning Pinyin hard. (For example, 'Knee how' is the pronunciation of Hello in Chinese) Authentic Mandarin pronunciation records are also provided to correct pronunciation. Function of note, which is used to collect useful words of your own. Function of bookmark, which is used to store the last reading place or places that you read long time ago.
It's fun and the UI is clean. BUT... the English words below seems like will confuse learners. Why just change it to phonetic symbol?
Thank for your advice. Because that the app is for beginner and for fun, we hope that people who know and speak English can learn Chinese easily. Pinyin and phonetic symbol may have no help for memorize the words and increase the difficulty of learning. Also, we provide pronunciation record to help speak good Chinese. By the way, the UI is designed to be a flashcard style. There are many common use categories.We hope that people who have finished learning the app can use the app as a reference.
