Voxy is a free English learning application online, available for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. You have to sign up for an account before starting to use the app.
Voxy begins with a few options to choose from to rate your own English level. Each comes with explanation on how the level is determined and interestingly, For High Intermediate and Advanced, you have to take the Proficiency Assessment. Kudos for Voxy!
Voxy begins with a few options to choose from to rate your own English level. Each comes with explanation on how the level is determined and interestingly, For High Intermediate and Advanced, you have to take the Proficiency Assessment. Kudos for Voxy!
I chose High Intermediate to see what the app can offer to its learner. After choosing your English level, there are six goals of what you would like to accomplish with English, and then 6 topics that you are interested in. I like how they allow you to choose two or more options. By this time I realized that this app has a customized course that is create for you which causes me curious of what have they prepared for me. The subscription fee is $60 per month. Now that is pretty expensive but I will give the trial a go first.
There are three lessons for me: Preparation for my English Tests (TOEFL), Health, and Advance My Career. TOEFL seems to be a more academic type of lesson so I will try it first.
The first task is to read the text and answer some multiple-choice questions. There is a short article for you to read on the screen, and an audio file of it. There is also a list of words that are probably new to you and their definitions. Study your new vocabulary, listen to words and pronunciation, read and understand the article – three skills within one exercise! You can also translate a word or phrase that you don’t understand.
The second task is a listening task where you listen to a word and choose the bubble with the correct word. Time to revise all the new vocabulary you saw and learnt recently. Once you have finished the game, you have the chance to see all your correct answers with their definition one more time. There is another listening exercise where you hear four sounds and submit the most appropriate word to fill the blank in the article. After you have finished one lesson, you can continue onto another one with similar process, but of course, different articles comes with new vocabulary you might not know.
So far, Voxy highly impressed me; it has many positive points. Not only does Voxy tailor classes to your level, it also get you to perform a test to check whether your English improved or not at the end of each level. This is to make sure you are on the appropriate level so you will not have to burn any process and ending up in a too easy or too difficult course.
It also does wonders for letting you choose your topics of interest. Fear the boring articles that you have to force your brain to swallow no more. Voxy brings you very well written articles from newspaper and new, daily-used/academic vocabulary or even jargons. I was excited to read all these articles on my favorite topics while studying new words. Excitement, curiosity and interest - three factors that can boost your motivation and Voxy knows this very well. Aside from that, you can use your iTunes to sync your music library and Voxy will help you to study English from songs (karaoke sessions!). There are other types of practice too and there is even a private tutoring section where you can schedule a session and receive feedback on your performance, though it is only available on Voxy website. Other than that? Get your subscription to Voxy done and enjoy the unlimited access and real time progress tracking.
It also does wonders for letting you choose your topics of interest. Fear the boring articles that you have to force your brain to swallow no more. Voxy brings you very well written articles from newspaper and new, daily-used/academic vocabulary or even jargons. I was excited to read all these articles on my favorite topics while studying new words. Excitement, curiosity and interest - three factors that can boost your motivation and Voxy knows this very well. Aside from that, you can use your iTunes to sync your music library and Voxy will help you to study English from songs (karaoke sessions!). There are other types of practice too and there is even a private tutoring section where you can schedule a session and receive feedback on your performance, though it is only available on Voxy website. Other than that? Get your subscription to Voxy done and enjoy the unlimited access and real time progress tracking.
Talking about excitement though, after knowing Mindsnacks, it seems like Voxy lacks the entertainment element. It is not compulsory but the mini game I played in Voxy is very limited. For the trial version, there is only one activity that is a bit fun: choosing the correct bubble; it has a time limit so it is more similar to a mini game than the other two exercises. I guess those practice exercises with images, songs, conversations, short videos,… make it up a bit. I wonder though if Voxy only has six areas of interest because I would love it to have more. There are many many more amazing topics to read about!
Voxy is tremendously popular amongst the English language learning mobile app so it really does lives up to its popularity - Everything else is considerably very well thought out. Because it offers many interesting articles so not only will your English improve, you will also come across with a lot of new topics, new knowledge that will be useful for you later on.
Voxy is tremendously popular amongst the English language learning mobile app so it really does lives up to its popularity - Everything else is considerably very well thought out. Because it offers many interesting articles so not only will your English improve, you will also come across with a lot of new topics, new knowledge that will be useful for you later on.
$60 might be a high price to pay for what Voxy offers you? Private tutoring? Interesting and practical lessons? No matter if you are studying English from scratch or a intermediate student, Voxy will customize a course that is suitable for you. Together with the private tutoring option (this is probably one factor that makes it costly), it does not really feel over-priced at all. Voxy surely will be a great and helpful companion for you on your way of improving your English and get better at comprehension and listening skill!