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Stephen Downes

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Nice review of a language learning app providing a needed dose of scepticism. The app is called Knowble and is a browser extension that purports to improve English-language vocabulary. The problem is, it relies on Google Translate, so it often offers incorrect vocabulary advice. Google translates pretty well when the word is found in context, but " Knowble, however, have set their software to ask Google for translations of each word as individual items," which results in inevitable errors. "The claim that Knowble's 'learning effect is proven scientifically' seems to me to be without any foundation," writes Philip Kerr. "If there has been any proper research, it's not signposted anywhere."

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