App Review: My experience with Speakly
My first attempts at learning another language were partly inspired by learning about various apps like Memrise, Duolingo and Anki. I was exposed Spaced Repetition Systems and how that could help me memorise vocabulary more easily. Ultimately they didn't help me to acquire any new language and I found the process dull and repetitive. When I made a new commitment to acquiring Russian in August 2020 I thought that some of those apps would play a part in the learning process, even if just as a fun distraction from the main activities. However in the first couple of weeks I realised that except for Anki (recognition only) those apps were useless to me. You could say using them is better than nothing but when I though about the opportunity cost of the time spent on them, time that is better spent on other activities, then it wasn't justifiable. And as I said I never really enjoyed those apps. The gamification elements are not in the least bit entertaining or motivating to me. (BTW I...