What is Anki?
Anki means “memorization” or “learning by heart” in Japanese. Once you understand that word, then you have a hint about what Anki is: it is a study application that helps Continue reading
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Do Google Translate`s New Space Age Features Render Language Learning Useless?
I`m an EFL instructor at the university level in Japan, which involves marking a lot of essays. A surprising percentage of the essays submitted by first year students are near-total gibberish. I write “Google Translate?” on the essays and hand them back with no score. Continue reading
