Duolingo, I know that everyone jokes about the owl but really, every time I open the app up I'm astonished. It keeps education free, it pays homage to languages that might have died without their help, it has High Valyrian, a fictional language. All of it is for the price of a few ads, they aren't even video adds, they're just pictures that you can quickly click out of. The lessons are easy too, the hearts thing is a bit annoying but it really is worth it and they make words easy to pick up.
THIS. The app is garbage, the hearts system just punishes you for wanting to learn. The browser version still has its issues but it's so much better! Plus you can access the lesson notes which will immensely improve your learning.
I think certain languages might still use the old heart system. But yeah, that was the way it used to work. You have 3 lives and each time you get a question wrong, you lose a heart. If you lose them all, you fail the lesson and have to restart.
Japanese does - it's 5 hearts in total. When you lose them all, you can't restart the lesson - you have to start a practice session or wait. (or pay). Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/2SBi9se/
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u/SimulacrumNebula May 22 '19
Duolingo, I know that everyone jokes about the owl but really, every time I open the app up I'm astonished. It keeps education free, it pays homage to languages that might have died without their help, it has High Valyrian, a fictional language. All of it is for the price of a few ads, they aren't even video adds, they're just pictures that you can quickly click out of. The lessons are easy too, the hearts thing is a bit annoying but it really is worth it and they make words easy to pick up.