"Vasya" is a virtual assistant who will teach English

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

A good-natured bot will explain everything on your fingers, check your knowledge and tell entertaining stories on the topic.

Learning English on your own is quite difficult. You have to think over a lesson plan, look for the necessary books and textbooks, select a program. It is much easier to go to a teacher who will tell you what and how.

Human nature is such that immense plans cause our brains to panic. Learning a foreign language is just such a task. Therefore, we are looking for more experienced people who are willing to share their knowledge.

Torn between a good mentor and independent learning, the developers have finally found a middle ground. And they called her "Vasya".

Feature of the approach

"Vasya" is an application designed for teaching English. It will replace both teachers and books. And you will see that learning a language is no more difficult than saying "trabeculotomy".

This app differs from the competition in its approach to training. What do lessons look like in other programs? You buy courses, learn words, watch videos. It seems to be not bad, but knowledge still turns out to be somehow scattered. In addition, if you do not understand something, you will have to search the forum and ask there. And these are crutches.

"Vasya" anticipates your questions and answers them during the lesson. Sometimes you get the impression that there is a living person in front of you. The bot carries on a conversation simply and naturally, spicing up its story with jokes and historical references. He tries to give an emotional color to each message so that the information is absorbed better.

Refined minimalism

The austere design of the application does not distract from the lessons. There are only three tabs in it: "Chat", "Rocker" and "Settings". In the first, you go through the lessons, in the second, the exercises. Well, in the third, you can choose the font size or set reminders.

Lessons last about 10 minutes. This figure will depend on how fast you read. "Vasya" is in dialogue with you, so from time to time you need to insert your own five kopecks. You can agree with the mentor or disagree with him. In any case, the chain of the narrative will not be broken. This means that you will not influence the course of the lesson in any way. This approach slightly destroys the illusion of live communication, but you still came to study, and not chat.

After each lesson, you need to pass a small test to move to the next level. Do not be surprised by the questions that will be repeated periodically. "Vasya" just wants to make sure that you have learned everything.

The first lessons are introductory: you will learn about Pareto's law, the structure of sentences in English and the principles of teaching. Already at this stage, the application pleasantly surprises with an unusual approach. It will be interesting even for those who know the basics. Of course, it will get more difficult further.

Price and value

The app is not free. Without a subscription, you will have five lessons and a "Rocker" with a small set of phrases at your disposal. In it you can consolidate knowledge and learn to perceive words by ear.

Subscription price - from 300 rubles per month. For this money, you will receive 150 lessons for every day. After you complete them all, new ones will appear four times a month. For 400 rubles, 30,000 phrases and an archive with classes will be additionally available. In addition, you will be able to look even into the lessons that you did not take.

If you are having trouble mastering one of the most popular languages in the world, then the Vasya application is a great opportunity to do it. Of course, it won't help you pass the TOEFL exam, but you will watch TV shows without translation.