#memrise

[thedwarrowscholar]

Shamukh! I was looking through the memrise courses on your website, but they seem to have been removed at some point. Would you happen to know why, or have somewhere else to post them? Thank you!

Well met!

Ah yes — you’re not imagining things. Sadly, Memrise decided to "sunset" its community courses, gradually removing access to them (along with several other helpful features). As a result, the Neo-Khuzdul courses had to be moved elsewhere.

Thankfully, a fellow member of our Discord community reached out to the team at Deckademy — a new platform that’s essentially what Memrise should have been all along: no corporate meddling, and no vanishing content.

Even better: they were able to clone all the old courses — including the Quenya one — and host them there. A huge thanks to them for saving me the time!

You can now find all the former Memrise Dwarvish courses here: 👉 https://deckademy.com/#/decks?s=&icat=2&tcat=107

The links on my website will be updated at a later time, as I’m currently doing a bit of reworking behind the scenes.

Hope this helps you on your language-learning journey — and thank you for taking the time to look into it!

Ever at your service, The Dwarrow Scholar

[yukistudyjapanese]

January 2025 study summary

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Study days: 26/31

Studytime in total: 3D 12H 42MIN⏱️

Tasks completed: 243✅

Genki chapter 1 + 2 and workbook, learned 120 kanji (grade 1 plus few from grade 2) reading N6 stories, vocabulary on Memrise, Lingodeer app lessons

[chinesekoreanandmore]

Vocabulary List #58

�� [xī] - evening

名 [míng] - name

千 [qiān] - a thousand

舌 [shé] - tongue

不 [bù] - no; not

的 [de] - belonging to

大 [dà] - big

又 [yòu] - again

粥 [zhōu] - congee

茶 [chá] - tea

橙子 [chéngzi] - orange (the fruit)

子 [zi] - child; noun suffix

了 [le] - completed action marker

错了 [cuòle] - wrong

对了 [duìle] - correct; oh, by the way...

土 [tŭ] - earth; dust

[fireflowersims]

The memrise experience be like:

Me: *still basically illiterate in this language using a non-Latin script, only knows a handful of words*

Memrise: NOW ORDER A COFFEE!

Memrise chatbot: "good morning, which coffee would you like?"

Me: "hello"

Memrise chatbot: "so tell me, what type of coffee do you usually enjoy?"

Me: *nervous sweating*

[ruhua-langblr]

why is memrise not a good language learning app? sorry if it sounds rude, only a genuine question. you said that you would explain in another post (talking abt the "duolingo sucks" post tags btw) and i didnt see anything abt it :(

Not rude at all! I addressed it a little bit in this ask, but I never did fully elaborate.

The short version is that the problems with Duolingo (cutting community features and shifting more on AI) are also happening with Memrise.

Longer version is that one of the best features of Memrise imho was the community courses. Especially since Quizlet has monetized many features, it seemed to fill that niche very well. The base courses used real audio and video, which is a big upgrade from DL. Along with the removal of community courses, the forums were also removed. This disconnects users from not just each other, but also from having a public method to address the company. I found the official Memrise explanations for these decisions to be unsatisfying. Fortunately for many users, someone in the Memrise community has been uploading community courses to a new site—mylittlewordland! No app atm, and very bare bones, but still functional! Definitely worth checking out.

I created that post as a way to give people easy alternatives to switch to, and while the main courses of Memrise are better than DL, I feel that it would become yet another dead end of corporate greed. I wouldn't be surprised if any of the apps I did recommend also eventually go down this path—some are in the early stages for sure. Ultimately, I decided to recommend what seemed like the easiest alternatives to switch to as people are hesitant to make changes to something that has become a part of their routine.

I want to make another post of what I think are the most helpful resources for language learning, but it will be not be a list of easy gamified 5-minute lessons. I don't fault anyone for wanting to learn that way—not everyone is serious about wanting to achieve fluency and that's fine. However, I think there should be a discussion about how limited and limiting the "app experience" is.

[stayp1eceposts]

I just started learning Korean on this app and I'm loving the apps priorities. I was hesitant because I knew I would lose my motivation if I had to go through hours of learning the alphabet just to spend hours learning to say "Anna is from Germany" but this app really taught me 4 characters and said "great, now say 'let's go to the karaoke'"

I started the second (SECOND) section and "I really like this music video" is before learning "D"

I love this app

[phrear]

[virromanus]

What Type of Language Learner Are You?

There are many ways to learn a language and you may just have your own styles and approaches in learning your target language, specifically Italian or Latin. Here are some common learning styles you might relate to:

The Social Learner: You thrive in group settings and benefit immensely from language exchanges and conversational practice. You prefer interacting with native speakers and other learners, and often use language learning as a means to make new friends.

The Analytical Learner: You love dissecting the language, understanding the rules of grammar, and building a strong foundation in the mechanics of the language. You often prefer structured lessons and enjoy the process of translating complex texts to grasp the nuances of the language. Also, you tend to ask many questions in class about the grammar rules, and sometimes, certain grammar rules may not even have a reason for their existence!

The Auditory Learner: You learn best by listening. Podcasts, songs, and dialogues are your go-to methods. Speaking and repetition play crucial roles in reinforcing your learning. If you are this type of learner, you usually excel in understanding spoken language and pronunciation. You might even pick up an accent along the way!

The Visual Learner: Visual aids like movies, flashcards, and charts are essential for you. You find visual context helpful in remembering vocabulary and grammar structures. Apps that incorporate a lot of visual learning tools are particularly appealing to them. Visualisation may help you remember new and foreign alphabets or characters easily if you put your heart and soul into learning the language.

The Kinesthetic Learner: You have the need to be physically involved in the learning process. This might involve writing out words repeatedly, using gestures to remember phrases, or moving around while reciting vocabulary. Engaging the body helps you to retain information more effectively.

The Solitary Learner: Prefers studying alone and using self-study resources. Books, apps, and online courses allow you to learn at your own pace, exploring the parts of the language that interest you the most without external pressure.

The Mixed Learner: Many learners do not fit neatly into one category but are a mix of different styles depending on their mood, the language they are learning, or their goals. If you are this type of learner, you tend to adapt your learning style to suit your needs, which can vary from one learning session to another. This versatile learning approach can be especially helpful in maintaining interest and motivation, as you're able to switch up your approach based on what feels most effective or engaging at any given time.

So, what is your language learning style?

Let us know in the comments.

[salvadorbonaparte]

Memrise has a peculiar bug atm

[morgan-the-lonely-brick]

on the note of Duolingo becoming considerably worse, I would love everyone to look up Memrise. I'm studying a chinese course on there and it's honestly much better than Duo. It is available both on pc and as a phone app, but i find the pc version better.

It provides videos of native speakers saying the words + several audio versions + the ability to write out pinyin + it teaches hanzi better + it often shows what parts the hanzi is made up of and overall is a lot more user-friendly imo. It doesn't teach you to write hanzi, since it'd be hard to do on pc, but neither does Duo, so.

It also teaches you stuff that's a wee bit more useful xDD

[yukistudyjapanese]

🎐March 2025 Study Summary🎐

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Study days: 21/31

Studytime in total: 2D 22H 10MIN⏱️

Tasks completed: 306✅

Genki chapter 5+6+7 and workbook, learned 390漢字 kanji (grade 1 + grade 2 + grade 3), reading N5 stories, vocabulary on Memrise　(500/1000 N5 words), Lingodeer Japanese 1 (58%), Listening practice on Youtube/Anime, Genki vocabulary chapter 5+6+7

日本語はとても楽しいです。

[thisismyobsessionnow]

Love that it's giving me words I recognize, but why is this one of the first things this app teaches me? Do you guys talk a lot about drafts and drafty places?

[luuuhveme]

I memorized your body exposed

[davidboles]

Learning Italian Lifetime Immersion Style

For the past 60 days, I have been intensively studying the Italian language. I want to learn Italian in order to better serve our ASL Opera project since 50% of the most popular operas were written in Italian (25% were written in German, and 15% were written in French). I understand modern Italian isn’t the same as “original opera Italian” — but learning something new only helps deepen the…

[kuriquinn]

Guys, check out Pimsleur if you want to practice actual conversation skills. It can be tedious and repetitive (and a bit prixy depending on what subscription you choose) but it really gets you to integrate new vocab and grammar into your long-term memory and is soooooo helpful with tones