September 12, 2016

How to learn with Olive Green?

The Olive Green multimedia language course is based on an interactive action movie where you can decide what course the plot will take, as well as play some arcade-type and language games. The film is divided into 60 episodes, with 12 film scenes for each language skill level.

You can begin by watching a film scene in the multimedia course in the PLAY section. how-to-learn-2 We encourage you to watch it a few times to become familiar with the native pronunciation and to make decisions during interactions. Subtitles (in your language or in English) will help you understand the dialogue. If you are only beginning to learn English, try first watching the scene once with subtitles in your language, then with English subtitles, and then without any subtitles at all. Next, try reading the text of the dialogue aloud, with the English subtitles on but with the sound turned off.

After watching each scene, go to the LEARN section, containing exercises related to that scene. First, you will find a series of true or false exercises, where your task will be to choose the correct answers based on the film scene you have just watched, which you can replay at any time. After selecting your answers, click on “Check” and evaluate yourself. Next, go to a series of vocabulary exercises, which consolidate newly-learned words and phrases. how-to-learn-5 You will be asked to find an English equivalent of a given word or phrase in your language, or to fill in a gap in a sentence where that word or phrase appeared. In order to remember the word or phrase, you can replay the film scene. Then click on “Check” and compare your answer with the key. The program will not evaluate you automatically, so you will have to select one of three buttons: I don’t know, Almost, or I know. Please be honest with this evaluation, as it is going to influence the optimal time the program will choose for you to revise the material, based on your individual learning curve. In the next days, you can come back to the exercises you have completed by going to the REPEAT section. In that section, you will find revision exercises, compiled based on the SuperMemo method.

Your next step will be the grammar exercises. These exercises are grouped around topics covered in the film scenes. how-to-learn-1 If you have any doubts, please refer to the grammar section, marked with a light bulb, where you will find many typical examples of use of the new structures. These examples are not translated, as they contain only the vocabulary that you have already learned. So jog your memory, and if you are stuck, you can always consult the inbuilt online dictionary.

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The course also contains interactive dialogues, where you can practise different communication situations and use all the skills you need to talk to someone in English. You can talk to the characters from the film by pretending to be one of them. If your browser is Chrome, you can even speak out loud – the program will automatically convert your speech to text and you will shortly receive a witty reply. You can practise each dialogue multiple times, each time providing different replies. This way you can carry out completely different conversations and use more new words and phrases in practice. After the dialogues, you will also practise the newly-learned vocabulary in the already familiar question-answer type exercises.

Finally, you can read the cultural trivia, where you will learn about interesting aspects of English-speaking countries’ cultures. Please always try to analyse the English text yourself and understand its general meaning. Only then refer to the dictionary to find equivalents of any new words in your language.

We wish you great fun and success in your learning!

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9 thoughts on “How to learn with Olive Green?

    1. SuperMemo Team

      Dear Begoña,
      thank you for your comment! We wish you a lot of fun and fast progress with Olive Green :)
      Your SuperMemo Team

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  1. Noelia Post author

    I’ve just downloaded the app in my iPhone but I can’ t open it because I need a subscription. How can I do it?

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    1. SuperMemo Team Post author

      Dear Noelia,
      in order to get access to the course for your iPhone, please purchase a subscription in the online service at https://olivegreenthemovie.com/#/buy/1 (or choose ORDERS in the main menu). Access to the online version gives you access to the iPhone app to the same time extend.
      Your SuperMemo Team

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  2. Noelia

    I’ m an English teacher and I’ll like to try the app. How can I subscribe to get a username and password? Thanks

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  3. Arek

    A co zrobić, gdy wyznaczane są długie okresy powtórek?
    Rozpoczęcie kursu ze znajomością j. angielskiego na poziomie B1 spowoduje, że pierwsze kilka-kilkanaście scenek będzie zawierało znane słownictwo i powtórki będą wyznaczane na 2-3 tygodnie. Dochodzimy do nieznanego słownictwa i… nadal powtórki są wyznaczane na 10-15 dni! Krzywa pamiętania jest niziutka po 15 dniach. A tu dochodzi słownictwo z kolejnych dni. Ilość powtórek wzbiera jak fala tsunami.
    Jak tego uniknąć? Zaczynać kurs od środka, tj. od poziomu z nieznanym słownictwem? Macie jakieś podpowiedzi dla użytkowników?

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  4. SuperMemo Team

    Rekomendujemy przejście na naszą nową platformę http://www.SuperMemo.com, gdzie łatwiej można zaplanować swoją naukę, np. ograniczając liczbę nowych kart do nauki dziennie. Wystarczy zalogować się przy wykorzystaniu tych samych danych do logowania jak w serwisie Olive Green. Pana postępy w nauce zostaną automatycznie przeniesione do http://www.SuperMemo.com.
    Dobrym pomysłem jest także rozpoczęcie nauki od poziomu, na którym czujemy, że słownictwo jest nam nieznane. W ten sposób nie wprowadza Pan do procesu nauki słownictwa, które już Pan zna.
    Tak czy inaczej jednak w dłuższym czasie algorytm SuperMemo dopasuje rytm powtórek do Pana potrzeb w oparciu o Pana postępy. Pierwsze powtórki dla każdej nowej karty wyznaczane są z takim samym interwałem, bo program nie miał jeszcze okazji “nauczyć się Pana krzywej”. Z czasem, po zebraniu przez algorytm większej ilości danych o Pana nauce, program będzie w stanie lepiej planować Pana powtórki :)

    Z każdym szczegółowym pytaniem zapraszamy do naszego działu obsługi klienta na support@supermemo.com.

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  5. Ania

    Co zrobić, gdy ucząc się, przerabiam np. Scenę 6, a chcę wrócić do Sceny, np. 1? Czy jest jakieś ogólne menu?

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