Memrise.com - Learning languages with a game approach

[DisaFear]

Hey all,

This made it to the spotlight on TeamLiquid, sounds interesting, thought I may share it with you language-learners (I don't do a language myself). The comments on the forum suggest that this tool is very good
Theres a wide variety of languages available. Check the beta languages for more, only the main, popular languages are displayed on the front page

Memrise - Fun Language Tool

So, letīs start:

I found some really usefull tool that helps me learning languages and makes a lot of fun. Since this site is really like a game, with points, ladderboard and so on, I want to share this site with all you other gamers.
Main reason if of course the fun and competition (hence why are you here on Teamliquid), but also learning vocabularies is a very usefull thing. Learning these guys faster and easier could be usefull for our younger members still visiting the school. Or all the other people learning languages.

When you start with the language the first time, you will get 7 seeds to plant. These are vocabularies that you have to learn in the following quiz (multiple choice, english-foreign, foreign-english, type the right answer in english, type the right answer in foreign and so on. Itīs all mixed up, adjusting to your performance). Great. Now the seeds are planted in your greenhouse and a timer is running down. When it reaches zero, you can harvest your plants (quiz. harder this time), then they will be in the garden. From there on you have to give them water from time to time (quiz), otherwise they will die.

The actuall great and appealing thing: You get points all the time you type a right answer!
+20 for a correct multiple choice, +50 for typing the right answer without other options. There is a ladderboard. Combine this, and learning new words will become addicting.

Also you can create memes for each word. They will give you - surprise - more points. Other users can see them. If they think itīs a helpfull meme and like it, you will get more points.

You will end up with spending ~1 hour per day learning vocabularies in a very fast way and having fun while your rank increases further and further.

Background: The side was founded by a US Grandmaster in memorizing and a neurological scientist who did study in Oxford. Intelligent algorithms, experience and stuff. The whole thing is free.

Articles about this site:

http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=37874

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/07/18/cool-site-day-learn-languages-with-game/

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/06/20/want-to-learn-a-new-language-memrise-will-draw-you-a-picture/

Those links tell you that this site is definitely worth a go, and not something dodgy 
Good luck have fun!

[Special At Specialist]

OMG that site is awesome! I could never motivate myself to do German homework before but now I actually enjoy learning German Everyday I aim to learn 30 new words and I can learn them so easily it's amazing! I might actually get a decent study score after all...

[paulsterio]

LOL! it's quite fun, good for refreshing my very very rusty french!

[Camo]

Guys thank you for this find. Want to improve my Italian.