Best e-reader for learning?

m4x · 01-15-2019, 10:18 AM

Hi there

Im looking to buy a new e-reader but can't really decide what to chose. I want to improve my english more and wonder what reader has the best built in "learnining tools"?

A good built in dictionary (if there are, swedish - english)/Funny quiz/learning pronunciation

What are your tips?

Barbara1955 · 01-15-2019, 12:46 PM

Kindles have Word wise to help children learn to read.

dhume01 · 01-15-2019, 02:06 PM

Some Kindle Fire tablets have a "Text-to-Speech" (read aloud) option as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2a9GoQe8QY

Also, the Google Play Books app can read text aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj9LSX1_53E

barryem · 01-15-2019, 02:48 PM

Decades ago when I drove a taxi while I was going to school I needed to learn enough Spanish to be able to respond to Spanish Speaking Driver requests, so I found comic books in Spanish and using a dictionary to help, I read them. The pictures are a huge aid to context ahd make the meaning of some words obvious and they're memory joggers for other words.

I also learned English this way when I was about 4. I read the funny pages in the paper and asked the meaning of words I didn't know. I pestered my family mercilessly but by the time I entered the first grade I'd already read Tarzan novels and Hardy Boys novels that my dad had in the attic.

I agree that Kindle's Word Wise feature is worth looking into but I'd also look into using comics to help you.

Barry

AnemicOak · 01-15-2019, 02:52 PM

Perhaps the vocabulary builder feature on the Paperwhite would be useful? Assuming that feature is still around.

01-15-2019, 10:18 AM	#1
m4x Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: None	Best e-reader for learning? Hi there Im looking to buy a new e-reader but can't really decide what to chose. I want to improve my english more and wonder what reader has the best built in "learnining tools"? A good built in dictionary (if there are, swedish - english)/Funny quiz/learning pronunciation What are your tips?

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01-15-2019, 12:46 PM	#2
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,454 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Kindles have Word wise to help children learn to read.

01-15-2019, 02:06 PM	#3
dhume01 Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 2537209 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NYC Device: Samsung Chromebook Pro, Note 10 Lite	Some Kindle Fire tablets have a "Text-to-Speech" (read aloud) option as shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2a9GoQe8QY Also, the Google Play Books app can read text aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj9LSX1_53E

01-15-2019, 02:48 PM	#4
barryem Wizard Posts: 2,459 Karma: 68781975 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Arkansas Device: Paperwhite 4	Decades ago when I drove a taxi while I was going to school I needed to learn enough Spanish to be able to respond to Spanish Speaking Driver requests, so I found comic books in Spanish and using a dictionary to help, I read them. The pictures are a huge aid to context ahd make the meaning of some words obvious and they're memory joggers for other words. I also learned English this way when I was about 4. I read the funny pages in the paper and asked the meaning of words I didn't know. I pestered my family mercilessly but by the time I entered the first grade I'd already read Tarzan novels and Hardy Boys novels that my dad had in the attic. I agree that Kindle's Word Wise feature is worth looking into but I'd also look into using comics to help you. Barry

01-15-2019, 02:52 PM	#5
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Perhaps the vocabulary builder feature on the Paperwhite would be useful? Assuming that feature is still around.

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