Kalinka – Russian Fast & Easy

very good app! thanx!

This app has some good qualities and combined with a tutor would be helpful but as a non-native speaker, I've found there are a lot of gaps in this app. I know it is new and in a beta test format but I think there is a disconnect or assumption that we may know information that we do not. There doesn't seem to be a smooth progression through the lessons it seems to make larger leaps that could leave newer students guessing. In my opinion, conjugation should be taught in a slower more natural way and generally, it shouldn't be one of the earliest main focuses but rather at the refinement stages of learning phrases not just single words. How many of us have heard a foreigner not conjugate a word properly? All of us but did we understand them, of course, we did. I think laying out basic phrases and using contextual learning with spaced repetition would be more effective for a beginner. People are masters of their native tongue but they won't always be masters at teaching it. I hope this honest review helps with the development of this app.