With the help of language learning apps like Reji, learning a new language is not an uphill task. Nowadays, when you want to learn a new language, signing up for classes isn’t enough, especially if you are struggling with a busy office and household activities.In a world where we are with our phones most of the time, you can utilize yours to increase your linguistic mastery and master new languages from across the globe. All you need is a good smartphone, a language-learning app, time, as well as dedication. There’s no easy way to learn a language; even if you are attending language classes, you still have to put in extra hours and effort.
One such app that can come in handy in learning a new language is the Reji app. Below is a review of the Reji app: A language learning mobile application for the IOS platform.
Maybe, you are wondering why this app is called Reji? Well, learning a language requires a discipline like that of sticking to a regimen. That’s what’s inspired the name of the Reji app, according to their twitter team. Think of it as a simple version of the word ”: Regimen.”
Reji is a vocabulary builder app for IOS that helps you sharpen a language you already know while also helping you in the master of new languages. You can use it to quickly learn new vocabulary and its correct pronunciation using customizable flashcards. It makes putting together flashcards easy and less time-consuming compared to other language-learning apps.
What it does is allow you to save any new vocabulary, learn it using spaced repetition, and practice spelling, and pronunciation to help everything stick to your long-term memory. The spaced repetition algorithm makes it very powerful as it’s done more or less frequently, depending on how well you understand what you are learning.
Think of it as an app that harnesses the ability to use a dictionary to learn new words, help to translate, and provide the pronunciation of new vocabulary at once. How great is that?
Besides, after learning new vocabulary, it acts as your notebook for mastering new vocabulary where you don’t need to carry a pen – unless you are using a stylus pen – that you take with you. The best part? Even if you lose your phone (digital notebook), everything is stored in your iCloud.
Furthermore, the Reji app also searches for word definitions, and automatically sources for images that will help you grasp a specific word and its meaning. That’s not all; it also has audio support for language learning. You can practice word pronunciations, tap into its phonetic transcription features, as well as use audio playback if you are not sure how a specific word is pronounced.
The Reji app was developed by a startup called Twopeople Software, which specializes in developing apps that help in language learning. The Twopeople Software company was started by software engineers who were passionate language learners who saw a gap in other language learning apps and decided to come up with their own that has powerful and has relevant features.
Twopeople Software has other apps such as
The Reji app was inspired by the Mate app and was the third app that Twopeople Software developed.
Currently, the Reji app is only available on the iOS Platform. To use the latest app, you are required to have iOS 10.3 or later. All you need is an iPhone 5 or above smartphone or iPad Air and above. Any device below these two doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for the latest app. The current iOS market for the Reji app is over 60,000,000 people.
There is no support for Android or web use. However, you can sign up through email for early access for Android on the Reji’s main website when there is beta testing.
The app has a clean, modern interface that is easy to use on your iPhone or IPad. It features a theme that uses orange, white, black, red, and green as the primary colors giving it a colorful visual design. It is intuitive for users, and navigating through it is not a problem.
It doesn’t allow much in terms of personalization and custom themes, but the original interface and theme are excellent, in that you won’t feel the need for another theme.
The app got designed for everyone who wants to learn new vocabulary from the 48 different supported languages. It has an adult rating of 4+.
Language class students or any person who has foreign words they want to memorize will find it very handy. Saving words, translating to your language, linking them to images, and getting their definitions is straightforward even for a beginner.
If you are an advanced language learner, you will gain much more from this app than someone who’s just starting.
With the latest version of the app, you can easily connect your images/GIFs from the Camera roll.
The app allows you to look, for example, sentences with a word you are learning to understand better in different contexts.
Languages supported for this feature include English, Portuguese, Arabic, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Polish, Italian, German, Japanese, Dutch, Romanian, and Russian.
Reji helps you in language learning by speaking out words and showing phonetics to pronounce it correctly with your flashcards
Reji has pre-made flashcards that contain basic words of all supported languages that you can download and start learning immediately.
When watching Netflix movies, you can save words for learning later using the mate app.
The dark mode is a feature that is rapidly finding its way into the operating system and apps. Most people like it mainly for low life environments and its battery-saving capability. The Reji app doesn’t have a dark mode; however, you can use dark mode on iOS 13 and above.
Another extra feature is the support for people with disabilities that’s on the iOS platform, which you can use when on the Reji app.
The Reji app supports learning over 48 languages that include
English, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian ,German, Korean, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Russian, Japanese, Afrikaans, Chinese (Simplified), Albanian, Icelandic, Bosnian, Amharic, Armenian, Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Croatian, Filipino, Greek, Czech, Esperanto, Dutch, Finnish, Hebrew, Kurdish, Hindi, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Welsh,Norwegian and Polish.
The app has a single study mode where, for each word, you have four options to select the correct answer. If you choose the incorrect answer, Reji will ask you to repeat this word later using the spaced repetition feature
Figuring how to use the app is simple; the app is fun and will easily delight you. The user interface is slick and easy to navigate compared to other language learning apps. Here are the other factors that contribute to its simplicity.
Other apps use flashcards to help in language learning. Here are some of the most popular ones.
Memrise – is a language free learning app that can you can use to master a foreign language using offline courses. It uses new words and phrases in sentences of a language you are familiar with, with additional images to help you grasp the meaning and use of different vocabularies.
Duolingo – it’s a free language-learning app that has courses with text, pictures, and audio for helping you learn a different language. Every section you complete advances you to another level to help you improve your vocabulary and sentence structure.
Quizlet –it is an app that offers downloadable card sets on varying topics usable in different tests. The tests can be from a basic flashcard, quizzes, or a match game where you work to beat a clock to pair the two sides of each card
AnkiDroid Flashcards–it’s an app that shows you cards in the classic flashcard system where you tap a question and flip it over to reveal the answer. It also uses the spaced repetition concept.
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When it comes to storage, the Reji app works with Apple’s ICloud to ensure you don’t lose your progress at any time. Backups to your iCloud are automatic.
You can synchronize and use Reji on both your iPad and iPhone since all your decks are auto-synced on all devices via iCloud. Even if you reinstall the app, all your decks will be restored. One thing you must make sure is that you use the same Apple ID.
When it comes to sharing, you can categorize and share your vocabulary with other Reji users’ – on iOS 10.3 and above – in one tap. Another essential tool of the app is the ability to import decks stored in .csv file format to Reji in a couple of clicks, a feature that helps a lot.
When it comes to your deck history, the app keeps it once you create your first deck.
There no perfect apps; there is always room for improvement. Here are some of the issues that the app has and the features that are lacking.
If you have any feedback, query, or you want to engage with the Reji app team, there are various platforms through which you can reach out to them. Besides, you can interact with the Reji users’ community to share ideas, learn tips, and tricks that can improve your language learning with the app.
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Very nice article.
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Keep up the great work.
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