Hawaiian Tutor

Superliminal Software

About this app

Starting with a dictionary from http://hawaiian-words.com, Hawaiian Tutor vocabulary builder uses sophisticated adaptive algorithms that teach you more efficiently than a human tutor can. The interface is a very simple multiple choice flashcard design and its goal is to neither frustrate nor bore you. It does this by quickly adapting to your particular strength, progress and attention at the moment. Words need to be presented with just the right frequency to reinforce your memory. The power of the Tutor engine therefore becomes apparent over time. You should therefore not judge it until you have used it for 10 minutes at least.

The most important words will tend to be presented first because, well, they're important. Hawaiian Tutor will quickly zero in on the most important words for *you* to learn at each moment. It may seem too easy or too hard at first but just keep going and you will see that Hawaiian Tutor will quickly find the right balance that maximizes your learning regardless of your current knowledge, ability, and state of mind at the moment.

Note that it is important to make mistakes because no learning can happen without them. When you get words wrong, Hawaiian Tutor is also learning about you and what you most need to learn at every moment and will bring missed words back more frequently. That is a good thing because you want troublesome words to come back frequently enough for you to easily get them right. Therefore try not to feel disappointed when you get a word wrong. Instead, mentally pat yourself on the back because this is where the learning happens. Remember, this is not a test! It is a safe opportunity to take chances and improve your instant recognition of the words that will greatly improve your command of the Hawaiian language.

Hawaiian Tutor is best used during short periods while waiting for a bus, class, etc. It includes a very high quality vocabulary containing nearly 800 carefully chosen words in the Hawaiian language.

Ratings and reviews

Have had this app for about 3 years and am a 3rd year 'Olelo Hawai'i haumana at UH West O'ahu... and sorely lack vocabulary definition and conotation skills... at download, "HI tutor" was supposed to have a vocab of 800 words... My haole brain knew it would be easy, only 800 words... my na'au sat quietly knowing I would recognize my ARROGANCE about my excellent skill with grammar and structure... eventually... Played w/HI tutor for 3 years... still do not know all 800 words...

I really enjoy learning in this way. Thanks - it's a great app!

With me being native Hawaiian , I'm wanting to learn the native tongue this didn't help at all I already know what the words mean. I just have a hard time pronouncing them and I thought this app would be able to help but it didn't. Didn't even teach you anything, just gives you a word and five other words to guess what it could be. I'm very disappointed I was hoping for something much better.

What's new

Substantial improvements to the vocabulary. Existing users will need to use Menu > Start Over to see the updated content.