Language Challenges, an app to test knowledge about European languages
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Description: The Language Challenges app is an interactive language learning tool whose goal is to motivate and challenge learners to learn more European languages. It features a variety of quizzes and challenges for testing learners’ knowledge of European languages, allowing users to unlock progressive levels of difficulty. Examples of these tasks are identifying countries and their languages from images and texts, or guessing languages after hearing a recording. Language Challenges is free and available for download on both iOS and Android devices. It does not require users to sign up, have an account, or have access to the internet. There is also a printable option of its contents for those who do not want to download it. Language Challenge was developed by the ECML team.
Evaluation: Language Challenges is a fun and engaging tool to learn about Europe's linguistic richness and heritage. It is not a language-learning app but rather helps users learn to identify languages from pictures, texts, and recordings and thereby foster their intercultural skills. Language Challenges is particularly well-suited for children and teenagers, and it can foster educational competition since users can compete with one another, compare scores, and share achievements on social media. It is particularly suitable to be used as part of the European Day of Languages (26th September).
Cost: Free.
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Time efficiency 
Time needed to learn how to use a tool and its time-saving potential: Medium.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to: Dozens of official languages of ECML member states
Respect for privacy What data does the tool collect and why? What security measures are there? GDPR compliant? : Medium/High. It requires setting up a very basic profile with name, age and location. Unfortunately, there is no privacy section in the app, but since it is supported by Google Apps, the usual policies apply. This means that Google apps collect personal data, which may later be shared with third parties. See more here. The European Centre for Modern Languages does not monetise or sell user data and uses Google services only for operational purposes.
Saving work for future use Can work be saved for future use?: Yes.
Any other relevant information:
- Installation required?: Yes, it is only available as a mobile app.
- Compatibility/ Operating System: Android, iOS.