French Vocab Games: Price drop this week ($5.99 > $1.99)

iPhone-wielding Francophiles will be duly ecstatic at the news that French Vocab Games for iPhone has been reduced from its regular price of $5.99 to the most princely sum of $1.99. Like all good furniture sales, this offer not only must end soon, but really will end this coming Saturday. So do not delay in downloading your copy from the App Store now, thereby improving your French and kickstarting the flagging economy at one fell swoop!

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/french-vocab-games/id462837825?mt=8

French Word Searches for iPad

iPad owners: are you looking for a light activity to help your basic French vocab sink in? Check out this site's newly released French Word Searches for iPad, now available on the App Store!

The app allows you to play word searches using the same 1,200 carefully chosen items of core French vocabulary from its sister French Vocab Games app for iPhone. However, for those specifically interested in the word search activity, this new app now allows you to take full advantage of the iPad's larger screen.

To get French Word Searches on your iPad:

• either search for French Word Searches in the App Store on your iPad
• or use this link to go to French Word Searches in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/french-word-searches/id572140614?ls=1&mt=8

For teachers and schools: please note that a bulk purchase discount is available for educational establishments under Apple's volume purchase scheme.

Click here for more information on volume purchases of French Word Searches.

French Vocab Games LITE now includes pronuncation

The free French Vocab Game LITE app for iPhone now includes sample pronuncation.

The app is intended to be a demonstration version of the full French vocab games app, featuring 1,200 items of French vocabulary along with studio recordings of the pronunciation of each item. This update to the lite version allows you to try out the pronunciation facility before committing to the full app.

Utter French! pronunciation app now with phonetic descriptions

An update has been released to the Utter French! pronunciation app for iPhone and iPad.

An addition to studio recordings of a native speaker pronouncing over 1,200 items of French vocabulary, the app now features a phonetic transcription and description feature. For each item of vocabulary, the app will display the IPA phonetic transcription (as found in many dictionaries) and clicking on one of the symbols will present you with a detailed description of how to pronounce the sound in question.

French iPhone/iPad app discounts for educational establishments

Volume discounts are now available on French Vocab Games and Utter French! (compatible with iPhone and iPad) for educational institutions in 9 countries. Click here for more information on educational discounts on these French iPhone apps.

The discounts are currently available to educational institutions in:

• Australia
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Japan
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• US

French dictionary: fix for looking up feminine/plurals

A small fix has been applied to the site's French dictionary to fix a bug when looking up French feminine and plural forms.

Occasionally, when looking up a word ending in -e or -s, this word would mistakenly be assumed to be the feminine or plural of another word. For example, baie was taken to be the feminine of bai, when in reality it is much more likely that the user was looking up the word baie ("bay", "berry").

Utter French! app update currently awaiting App Store review

An update to the Utter French! pronunciation app for iPhone is currently awaiting review and is due to be released to the App Store shortly. Further details will follow in the next few days.