Learning with Texts (LWT)

Learning with Texts (LWT)

APP DESCRIPTION:

Download this app named Learning with Texts (LWT).

Learning with Texts (LWT) is a tool for Language Learning, inspired by Stephen Krashen's principles in Second Language Acquisition, Steve Kaufmann's LingQ System and ideas from Khatzumoto (AJATT). Read & listen, save & test words in context!

Features

• Learning with Texts (LWT) is a tool for Language Learning, inspired by Stephen Krashen's principles in Second Language Acquisition, Steve Kaufmann's LingQ System, and ideas from Khatzumoto, published at "AJATT - All Japanese All The Time".
• You define languages you want to learn.
• You define the web dictionaries you want to use.
• You define how sentences and words in the language will be split up.
• You upload texts, and they are automatically split into sentences and words! Later re-parsing is possible.
• Optional: Assign the URL of an mp3 audio file of the text in order to listen while reading the text.
• You read the text while listening to the audio, and you see immediately the status of every word (unknown, learning, learned, well-known, ignored).
• You click on words, and you use the external dictionaries to find out their meanings.
• You save words or expressions (2..9 words) with optional romanization (for asiatic languages), translations and example sentence, you change its status, you edit them whenever needed (like in LingQ).
• Use tags to categorize your terms and texts.
• Test your understanding of words and expressions within or without sentence context.
• MCD (Massive-Context Cloze Deletion) testing, as proposed by Khatzumoto @ AJATT, built in!
• See your progress on the statistics page.
• You may export the words and expressions and use them in Anki or other programs.
• You may upload words and expressions into LWT (from LingQ or other sources, CSV/TSV) - they are immediately available in all texts!
• New since Version 1.5.0: Create and edit an improved annotated text version (as interlinear text) for online or offline learning.
• New since Version 1.5.3: Multiple Table Sets / Multi User Setup.
• New since Version 1.5.5: LWT - WordPress integration & user authentication
• The application is 100 % free, open source, and in the Public Domain. Do with it what you like!
• Prerequisites: a local web server (Apache, PHP, MySQL), e.g. EasyPHP (Win), or MAMP (Mac), or a LAMP-Server (Linux)..
• LWT runs great on an iPad, etc., too!
• Enjoy your language learning and reading of texts in foreign languages!
• -----------------------------
• TEST LWT.... (Don't use for productive work!)
• Go to http://lwt.sourceforge.net/testdb ... UID=lwt, PWD=lwt
• -----------------------------
• UPDATE June 7, 2018: LWT source code is no longer available @ GitHub.

Audience

Education, End Users/Desktop

User interface

Web-based

Programming Language

PHP, JavaScript

Database Environment

MySQL

Free download Web app or web tool Learning with Texts (LWT) from RedcoolMedia.net