Since we are constantly searching for new ways to help study
abroad students learn languages before, during, and after their
trips, we were delighted to find a new, extremely portable way
to do so. Not only is PlaySay handy and portable, it is
available in Japanese and Chinese as well as Spanish! The system
consists of audio image flashcards that are available in audio
files to learn each word pair in either language direction. You
can put these on your iPod or cell phone to easily review
vocabulary anywhere you happen to be. A really cool aspect of
the PlaySay program is what is offered: - Chinese offers
preparation for the HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) levels 1-4, as
well as the Integrated Chinese textbooks, and the New Practical
Chinese Reader series. While studying Chinese recently, my class
used the Integrated Chinese textbooks and I painstakingly made
hundreds of flashcards by hand… I wish I had known about
PlaySay! - For Japanese, you can get vocabulary for the Japanese
Language Proficiency Test (JLPT),