{"id":1279,"date":"2020-05-21T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2020-06-09T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T21:15:06","slug":"droplets-sibling-of-duo-lingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/21\/droplets-sibling-of-duo-lingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Droplets &#8211; Sibling of Duo Lingo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Droplets is the kids\u2019 version of Drops. The app was launched earlier this year and is a language learning app that offers bite-sized, interactive vocabulary drills in 37 languages. Currently, this app is only available on mobile devices, not on PCs yet. I recommend the app for the following three reasons: first, the app&#8217;s dragging, tapping and swiping features feel quite intuitive since it is just like how we use our phones every day; second, the gamified experience makes learning a foreign language less intimidating and more fun; third, the free 5-minute lesson a day is perfect for kids who usually have shorter attention spans and also for parents who are concerned with their kids\u2019 screen time. One big drawback is that the app is lacking a grammatical component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on Droplets:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eu-startups.com\/2020\/02\/googles-best-app-2018-drops-launches-%E2%80%8Bdroplets-to-teach-kids-and-teens-foreign-languages\/\">Google\u2019s Best App 2018, Drops, launches \u200b\u2018Droplets\u2019 to teach kids and teens foreign languages<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/drops-language-app-vs-duolingo-how-to-choose-the-best-language-learning-app-for-you\/\">Drops language app vs. Duolingo: How to choose the best language learning app for you<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Droplets is the kids\u2019 version of Drops. The app was launched earlier this year and is a language learning app that offers bite-sized, interactive vocabulary&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/05\/21\/droplets-sibling-of-duo-lingo\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Droplets &#8211; Sibling of Duo Lingo<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":42998,"featured_media":1280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobiletechnologies","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}