Mind Snacks: French

Mind Snacks: French

Mind Snacks is a free app for the iPhone. It is designed for beginners in French. The app provides free lessons that begin with a learning protion and a testing/game portion. The learning portion shows a word, has a picture to demonstrate the word, and the app says the word if you click on the picture. The learning portion is a great way to practice prononciation and to study vocab words. The testing/game portion is a set of 9 games that test the student's mastery. The games are: Swell, Belly, Word Birds, Bloon, Slider, Bubbler, Dam Builder, Stacks, and Totem. The games combine vocab recognition through either showing a word, picture, or having the app say the foreign word. In the classroom I would suggest the app to low performing students because the games are fun and helpful. They put the material on a simpler level and engage the user.

https://www.mindsnacks.com

Tap & Say

Tap & Say

Tap&Say is an educational app on the iPhone. It is free! it doesnt have a online portion, but it is great for students who struggle with or would like to practice pronunciation. This app is a great way to practice verbal skills in a foreign language class. It has Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French, Spanish, Italian, Indonesian, and German. Within each language there are 14 tabs but Favourites, Greeting, Essentials, Numbers&Colours are the only free tabs. Within each tab there are sayings that you click on the hear the foreign equivalent. For example in the French section, Tab Greetings, you would click on "Hello" and the app would say "Bonjour." Again this app would be a great way to practice speaking the foreign language.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tap-say-speak-phrase-book/id491648052?mt=8

Tres Bien

Très bien is a free app on the iPhone. It is an app for French learners. It can also be accessed online. The teacher cannot create anything on this app, but he/she can reccommend the students use it at a study guide. It can also be used in class as a game or as a listening activity. The app is split into 7 categories: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Grammar, Travel, Business, and Medical. Each categorie has 20-25 lessons. (Some can only be accessed if you buy them, but you can access most of these lessons online.) Within each lesson there are vocab words, phrases, verbs, 2 games (hangman and matching), and a lesson that speaks a word to you and you find the definintion. This app would be great for a study tool. It's also great for listening activities or for students who struggle with pronunciation. 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-french-tres-bien/id381394919?mt=8