Community reviews for Phrasal Verbs Machine

This application reflects directed technology integration that focus on individual instruction and exercises. That said, my review only takes educational technology integration strategies into consideration because I have not used it in a classroom yet. Short animation for each phrasal verb and “translation and example” feature function as self-instructional tutorials in this application, which supports self-paced learning. In addition to short animations, this application includes drill-and-practice to help learners improve their weakness. For English language learners, one of the vital prerequisite skills is vocabulary, so the drill-and-practice feature remedies such skill deficit and prepare learners for higher-level learning in the future.

This is a simple app, and on it's own won't get students to mastery of phrasal verbs. For one thing, it only has 100 phrasal verbs, and in English there are thousands. That said, the phrasal verbs included, are definitely high utility. Also, some of the animations vary in terms of how clear they express the meaning of the phrasal verbs. All in all the app is entertaining, easy to use, and has the added bonus of providing examples of the phrasal verb being used in English sentences and translated into six other languages (Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, and German).