{"id":1092,"date":"2019-11-07T16:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2019-11-07T16:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T00:54:18","slug":"drops-app-for-learning-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2019\/11\/07\/drops-app-for-learning-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Drops &#8211; App for Learning Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Drops is a language learning app designed to help you learn new vocabulary. It includes an introduction to the word (both vocal and visual), and some exercises to help you remember it. You can use the app in 5 minutes sessions, so it&#8217;s meant to let you quickly include some language learning in your day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/9Uk8y_IZtJZw7_3f9QvTeC09XRAwvg13VaZW9idqo0Jw__g-WkJnNkpOctc6QUkNFCK1IE-uh1uKhG8eoF93g-SiaBULkGse9lBiA1NUYNjhiwNK1jLEqjGrhHdV_7wmXJXHFCV6\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The word &#8220;drops down,&#8221; and you can choose to continue learning it, or get a different word if you already know it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/IBhTRrIHVZ-VwNMJO35KyCTP0DoVnDt28RVOv8-3XdG3fQA1kyId-JM60PwmJUz2w84V_aL7Zigv7up_Vw2O7T-eVxYvym3uDS8QAwCIrdXr5RMwy8-w3SisK1VNbcpxqt4P9Jbr\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, it will give you several games, such as picking from two images the one that corresponds to the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/vqrih2O0vWUpR4EAUUUr6UlqD-4pgFgWihfxsVj3BmyZwP0LVdJ4v3oj3BN6Y47ZtfEK8IZ4qp-KuxH4zbXQNb2MAx0PN5Gjy4BiVjx2Og-qPjnsXjc1RXrzzIRqs5S-kWX2ARmc\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Or pairing several images and words, so you can distinguish them between each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The app doesn&#8217;t help with forming sentences, so you&#8217;ll have to work on that either in a language class or with other tutoring. If you just want to increase your vocabulary in a more interesting way than flashcards, this will be great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drops is a language learning app designed to help you learn new vocabulary. It includes an introduction to the word (both vocal and visual), and some exercises to help you remember it. You can use the app in 5 minutes sessions, so it&#8217;s meant to let you quickly include some language learning in your day. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/2019\/11\/07\/drops-app-for-learning-vocabulary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Drops &#8211; App for Learning Vocabulary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2095,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-levels","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1093,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/langlabbies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}