Endless Spanish

Endless Spanish

By Originator Inc.

  • Category: Education
  • Release Date: 2015-05-27
  • Current Version: 3.5
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 95.67 MB
  • Developer: Originator Inc.
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
Score: 4.48562
4.48562
From 904 Ratings

Description

*From the team at ORIGINATOR - the creators of the beloved Endless Alphabet, Reader, Numbers, and Wordplay apps! Originator is a team of passionate artists and engineers dedicated to creating the best education+entertainment apps for kids.* Introduce the Spanish language to young children with Endless Spanish! With the help of the adorable Endless monsters, kids will have fun learning frequently used Spanish words, including their context and usage! Each word features an interactive word puzzle featuring letters that come to life, and a sentence puzzle with words that transform into what they describe. See the word "grande" (big) grow larger, and the word "flor" (flower) open and bloom! Two audio modes are available in the app: "Spanish Immersion" for native Spanish speakers and advanced learners, and "Spanish with English Translation" for most native English speakers. Features: - 6 words free to try with additional word packs available for purchase - Delightful animations reinforce sight recognition of words in a fun and interactive way - Word puzzles reinforce spelling using lower-case letters - Sentence puzzles teach definition, usage, and sight recognition Endless Spanish was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your children can interact with the app at their own pace. ** NOTE 1: Most of the frequently used Spanish words are the same as equivalent English words in Endless Reader, so the animations presented are the same. ** NOTE 2: You must be online, have sufficient disk space, and leave the app open to get all words in the app. **

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Reviews

  • Good to entertain, not so good to learn

    3
    By LuisMGato
    The animation is the best thing it has. They put effort in making the app addictive for kids. However, the methodology is poor for an effective learning experience. Good to kill time, not good if you need your kid to learn to read or speak Spanish. In the demo, they show a few short words, which were intentionally good examples of how a kid could learn to read Spanish. This got my attention for me to pay. Early after paying, I noticed that a lot of long words are introduced. And the game is only about dragging letters and words to put them on top of the existing pattern. It’s essentially a matching game. So, the child doesn’t learn to read, but only to recognize isolated letters with a funny sound. This can make the false impression that the kid is learning to read, but instead the kid would imitate the funny sounds one at a time, and not try to pronounce complete syllables. In Spanish, it is very important to split the word into syllables, and don’t just go one letter at a time. I am talking from the point of view of the native Spanish speaker I am. Another issue I found was the wrong pronunciation of letter sounds, both isolated and when forming words. They made the ‘u’ sound like an ‘o’, and the ‘o’ makes an ‘u’ sound. Just give it a try, tap on the ‘u’ and ask a Spanish native what vowel they hear, without letting them watch the screen. Similarly with some consonants. Tap on the word ‘todos’ when it shows up, and ask a native Spanish speaker to guess what word it is by only listening to the sound the app makes. The chances that they will guess ‘toros’ is very high, in my own experience. And of course, those two have completely unrelated meanings. I don’t know what Spanish accent is that, but it sounds more like a English native speaker trying to read a Spanish word. And some sentences have a structure that sounds unnatural to a native speaker. One example I remember said ‘[alguien] dijo a [alguien] …’, when a native speaker would say instead: ‘[alguien] le dijo a [alguien] …’ The missing ‘le’ is a subtle difference that most non-native speakers won’t spot. So, very likely whoever wrote that sentence was not a native Spanish speaker. Finally, all the lessons are exactly the same, it doesn’t introduce different activities for the kid to learn. The kid can easily memorize the pattern and complete all the lessons without really learning to read. You could even mute your device, and still the kid can complete all the lessons without hearing the words being pronounced, not even once! And of course, your kid can finish the course without reading a single word out loud, let alone being able to read or construct a full sentence. I will get a refund for now, and could come back later if the developers fix all those issues. The app has potential, but looks more like a beta or a demo. I hope they can make it better.
  • Good, but maybe something else

    3
    By E. Webs
    Ok, so more activities, and yeah. I don’t really like it that much but maybe the app Duolingo is better…🤷🏽‍♀️
  • In love 💜💘❗️🚭📵

    5
    By In love 💜💘❗️🚭📵
    To you
  • More please!

    5
    By churro-churro
    I love this app for my kids. Please consider making more content/words. As others mentioned, I am really looking for more content or apps in Spanish from this creator.
  • Почему это приложение тоже не на русском языке?

    3
    By your regards,player
    Почему это приложение не работает более чем на 2 языках? Мой сын говорит только по-русски, и теперь ему нужно выучить английский, чтобы использовать это приложение🤦‍♀️.
  • When will you make more languages?

    5
    By rafa093
    Someone already made a concept for a Russian and Greek could you probably do another language like Korean, Italian, Polish, German, Arabian, and more
  • Thanks!

    5
    By Happy Spanish
    I think this app is really good for learning Spanish .like I don’t know a lot of Spanish and this app taught me casa☺️😊
  • Cool but needs some improvements

    4
    By baldnerd11917
    Add a advanced mode for older kids
  • I love this game!

    5
    By lee kabvin
    This game is great for learning Spanish for the first time!
  • Not good

    2
    By Pedrucho84
    This game is good for kids to learn little words ,but the pictures don’t match to the Spanish word with can cause confusion. Trust me I am portorican and I know Spanish my family is Spanish so I know what pictures to put and words

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