Learn Chinese (Hello-Hello) 4+
Learn Chinese Words & Phrases
Hello-Hello
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Hello-Hello Chinese is the FUN way to learn a Language on the Go!
Hello-Hello Chinese is the FUN way to learn a Language on the Go!
Hello-Hello Chinese is a full-fledged language course with 30 LESSONS developed in collaboration with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), so you can be assured that these lessons follow an effective research-based methodology. All lessons are conversational based on realistic dialogues and situations, rather than a collection of out-of-context words and phrases.
All the content is stored in the app so that you have great responsiveness when you are ready to learn a language. You do not need to be connected to Wi-Fi or 3G networks to run the app. With Hello-Hello Chinese you will be able to do the lessons and practice vocabulary anytime, anywhere developing all the skills you need to communicate in a foreign language. All lessons were recorded by native speakers so you can learn the correct pronunciation.
With Hello-Hello Chinese you can also:
Practice vocabulary with more than 300 words and phrases using our FLASHCARDS feature! (Please note that we will be adding more words and phrases in upcoming updates.)
Save your own NOTES form any lesson.
Full localization: You can see the entire app, including the translations of the lessons and words lists in your native language! Languages available: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Portuguese.
Note about our methodology: At first, our lessons might seem advanced for some people but there is a purpose behind it. Our lessons are structured to give learners the ability to communicate effectively with others. If the learner is new to the language, it will be necessary to spend more time learning the basic phrases in order to begin to gain proficiency in the language. For those who already know other related languages, the time factor may not be as great to learn the basics. Beginners need to go slowly and may need to do the activities several times before they gain a comfort level in using them. And remember: The more time you spend doing the exercises, the more proficient you will become!
CONTACT US: We are constantly trying to improve the app and take feedback from our users very seriously. The app has a “Contact Us” icon so that you can contact us easily, so please do not hesitate and send us an email if you have any questions, comments, complaints or suggestions.
-- Try before you buy You can check out our content for free first and buy the rest later if you like it.
Make sure to also check Hello-Hello Kids, our language learning app for children!
ABOUT US
Hello-Hello is an innovative language learning company that offers state-of-the-art online and mobile courses. Hello-Hello.com’s website couples social networking with language learning which allows users to interact with native speakers around the world. Hello-Hello’s iPhone apps are among the top language learning apps on the iPhone. Our conversational courses were developed in collaboration with The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), which is the largest association of teachers and administrators of all languages at all levels, serving more than 12,000 educators. For more information, please visit their website at www.actfl.org.
What’s New
Version 4.1
A completely new and improved version of our app with animated videos, redesigned interface and additional features! Follow our adorable characters on a fun journey to learn Chinese!
Seriously, this is now, by far, THE BEST language learning app available on iTunes :-)
-- Animated videos and comic strips
-- New games to practice reading and listening skills
-- Cleaner and more friendly user interface
-- Follow your course progress
-- Take notes
-- Receive notifications with lesson reminders. The more you practice, the more you learn!
-- Receive notifications with new words to build your vocabulary
Optimized for iOS14 and iOS15
Ratings and Reviews
Good but needs literal translations
Interesting, and well presented. However there is one important omission. On the "get the meaning" section it shows Mandarin and Pinyin on one side, and English (or whatever your selected native language) on the other side opposite the Mandarin. But it only shows an idiomatic translation, and no literal translation.
Eg
Wo de mingzi jiao = My name is
But to be able to really speak another language you need to think in it, ie find the words in that language to express your thoughts the same as you do for your mother tongue. To do that you need to know the meanings of the words, not just a translation of an overall phrase, and for that you need a literal translation.
Eg
Wo de mingzi jiao = me of name-word called
That's not good English, but Chinese people don't say "my name is Jo", they say "me of name-word called Jo" (or just "me called Jo", which with the benefit of the literal translation above you can say in Chinese, right?)
We learn our first language by learning words and then learning to string them together; to learn another language later on we need to do the same thing, and for that we need the literal translation along side the idiomatic one. This is needed for all languages (eg French is "je m'appelle Jo" = "I myself call Jo") but doubly so for Chinese as it's so different from European languages.
The ability to click on pinyin words or mandarin characters to get a dictionary entry would be helpful.
Also we need text highlighting and copying enabled; it's impossible to enter the diacritics necessary for Pinyin on an iPhone, eg to look up words on mandarintools.com, so you have to find them on some web page and copy from there.
The substitution feature of the "build your vocabulary" section is great, as is the way the audio is accessible at various stages, and the general scheme of the lessons is well thought out, except for the "now you write it" section which seemed useless - I couldn't enter anything it recognised as correct, perhaps because it's impossible to enter one of the Pinyin diacritics (the caron) on an iPhone. Maybe code to replace circumflex which you can enter but is unused in Pinyin with caron?
A good app, but without the literal translation it's more of an enhanced phrase book than it is a complete learning tool. Adding the literal translations and a dictionary would make for 5 stars.
:-)
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Information
- Provider
- Hello-Hello LLC
- Size
- 160.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Hello-Hello, LLC
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Complete Course £19.99
- Lesson 30 £1.99
- Lesson 29 £1.99
- Lesson 28 £1.99
- Lesson 27 £1.99
- Lesson 26 £1.99
- Lesson 25 £1.99
- Lesson 24 £1.99
- Lesson 23 £1.99
- Lesson 22 £1.99