iPad Apps for Language Learning & Teaching

Basic course in Japanese, Chinese, and/or Korean See review here: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-learning-resources-september-2017/

iPhone and iPad dictionary for Chinese learners With a single tap get translations of unknown words and characters in Chinese texts Paid version includes flashcards

Record & Edit Podcasts on your iPhone Limitations: 10 minutes of recording when using the free version.

Record interviews. Includes suggested interview questions in English for various types of interviewees.

Podcast Recorder & Editor. Limitations: Free version only allows 10 minute recordings.

Create books, either based on a template or not. Upload photos, record your voice and type the text. Includes a space for the teacher/parent to type a corrected version.

Create & share educational games based on a collection of templates, such as matching, memory, and coloring. Can include sound, video, text, and images. Resulting games can be played on iPad or the web.

App that reminds you to spend 5 minutes per day studying Spanish, French, German, Italian and English vocabulary. Engaging games/activities. Limits you to 5 minutes in one of these language per day.

Students and teachers create portfolios that can also be shared with parents.

Real Time Student Reponse System. Students use computers or iPads to respond to multiple-choice, true/false, or short answer questions posted by the teacher. Instant results can be displayed.

Leave text notes for specific people that they only receive at a particular location. Students or teachers could use this to create a treasure hunt in the TL that other students would use.

Text and voice chat with people to practice your second language and help them learn yours. This app has tools built in so that you can make corrections to others' writing and get corrections to your own.

Create an audio tour. This can either be for a museum or for tourist spots of interest. The content will automatically be displayed (e.g., audio will automatically be played) when the user approaches the marked spot.

Platform for creating rubrics and badges. Also allows you to browse pre-made rubrics.

Create a short video by taking a photo and recording your voice. You indicate where the mouth should go, and the mouth is animated for you. You can also add stickers, frames, text and photo effects. ChatterPix (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-by-duck-duck-moose/id734038526?mt=8) is the same app, but aimed at adults instead of kids. Limitations: Non-Roman characters not accepted in the text input.

Software for iPad/web browser: recordable, interactive whiteboard. Create video lessons and share them on the web.

Create a presentation with images, video, and text. Invite others to edit.

Create multiple-choice quizzes that students can play against each other in real time. Use computers or mobile devices. Teacher has a dashboard view of students' results.

Read articles in Chinese, graded by HSK levels. Provides audio, pinyin, and translation support on demand.

Furigana and English definitions for reading Japanese news articles. Features: Sort articles by their difficulty level Tap a word to see its English translation Furigana for all words + adaptative display by JLPT level Highlight vocabulary by its JLPT level Verb conjugation identifier Bookmark documents to read later Bookmark words Extracts vocabulary list for each text organized by JLPT level and part of speech Quick links to look up each word on reference sites like Jisho.org, Tangorin, Japanese Exchange, etc. Tap-to-reveal furigana mode new! Night Mode new! Text sources: NHK News Easy NHK Top news Japanese folk tales