Missing a Critical Piece
I think the concept of this app is brilliant, and I can see how learning would happen quickly, however, the pictures are confusing, and while you are learning to connect the Italian word or phrase with the picture, you have no idea what it means. For example, there is an image of a woman sitting by a foundatin with a dog on her lap. You learn the phrase "e seduto" and connect with the photo - but I have no idea what the word means. Does it mean woman? Woman by a fountain? Woman with dog? Sexy woman? I eventually googled the phrase for a translation and it means sitting. Similarly, theres an image of a man standing in front of a car in a field. I dont know whether the phrase refers to the car or the man. Googled translation and it means stand. So, while Im learning to connect phrases to pictures, I cant do so accurately if I dont know what part of the picture the word refers to. If you want to say woman, why put an image of a woman drinking coffee? Just use a woman. Another big problem is that the program requires you to type the phrases you hear to encourage learning, however, my standard laptop keyboard doesnt have the appropriate accent marks for the Italian language, so it doesnt register and allow me to move on. Id give it a higher rating if they someone made the images a more obvious connection to the phrase or if there was an English word connected to the picture so you knew what you were learning. Also, fix the keyboard issue.
briocom about Italian in a Month, v1.0.3