Learn English: Pronunciationv2.5.0

What changed

• ContentAdded 8 new sound contrasts with 40 new minimal pairs
• ContentAdded 4 new pronunciation lessons and 2 everyday lessons
• ContentAdded 6 new grammar topics with fill-in-the-blank drills
• UXSupport for system Larger Text settings
• UXImproved keyboard input to accept curly apostrophes and alternative correct forms
• UXAdded input hints and persistent explanations for wrong answers
• ContentCorrected content on 31 word cards and 19 grammar rules
• PerformanceFixed audio playback issues when tapping quickly or leaving quizzes
• UXVoiceOver accessibility support for answer feedback
• UXRefined listening quiz logic to remove homophone ambiguity

Original release notes

Version 2.5 — much more to hear, and fairer practice.

NEW
• 8 new sound contrasts with 40 new minimal pairs: Wine or Vine, Tree or Three, Day or They, Pin or Pen, Late or Let, Cup or Cop, Fork or Pork, and Hair or Air
• 4 new pronunciation lessons: Silent Letters, -ED Endings, Word Stress and Spelling Traps
• 2 new everyday lessons: Health and Shopping
• 6 new grammar topics: Was / Were, Possessive 's, Quick / Quickly, Used to, the passive, and gerund or infinitive
• Every grammar topic now has at least four fill-in-the-blank drills
• Text now grows with your Larger Text setting

FAIRER PRACTICE
• Typed answers with the keyboard's curly apostrophe, like don’t, are now accepted
• Typed answers also accept other correct forms, like "does not" for "doesn't" or "that" for "who"
• When you type, a hint shows which word is wanted, like the base verb
• After a wrong answer, the explanation stays on screen until you tap Next
• Fixed drills where more than one choice was correct
• The listening quiz no longer offers two words that sound the same, like Sun and Son
• Pressing Return on an empty answer no longer counts as wrong

CLEARER SOUND AND CONTENT
• "Close" is now spoken as the verb, as in "close the door", to match its card
• Replaced four minimal pairs that some voices did not say as a true pair
• Corrected the hint, IPA, example sentence or picture on 31 word cards, and made 19 grammar rules clearer
• Sound no longer cuts out when you tap words quickly, and words no longer play after you leave a quiz
• VoiceOver now says whether your answer was right

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