English Apps
British Literature Guide is a comprehensive reference tool for anyone studying British Literature in high school or college. The British literary tradition is broken down into ten periods: Anglo-Saxon, Medieval, Renaissance, William Shakespeare, 17th Century, Romanticism, Victorian Era, Modernism, Postmodernism, and 20th Century. Each period is analyzed and explained from six different perspectives: literary attributes, major writers, musical influences, artistic influences, historical significance, and a comprehensive analysis of one period piece.
Cost: $4.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/british-literature-guide/id609145733?mt=8
Cost: $4.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/british-literature-guide/id609145733?mt=8
Understand and appreciate the linguistic richness of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet with the original play text, broken into easily digested ‘bits’. In-line translation helps to understand difficult words and phrases within the context of the original play text. Two-and-a-half hours of high-resolution animation with professional audio soundtrack helps you to decode and comprehend Shakespeare’s fertile prose quickly and efficiently. The text, presented side-by-side with animated action, is easy to follow with portions of text being highlighted as they are being spoken in the play.
Cost: $14.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakespeare-in-bits-romeo/id370803660?mt=8
Cost: $14.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakespeare-in-bits-romeo/id370803660?mt=8
The Sonnets presents William Shakespeare’s immortal collection of love poems in an interactive digital edition that allows you to explore this great work of literature as never before. All 154 sonnets are performed to camera by a star-studded cast including Sir Patrick Stewart (Star Trek, X-Men, Royal Shakespeare Company), David Tennant (Dr Who, Hamlet), Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Fiona Shaw (The Waste Land, Harry Potter), Stephen Fry (The Hobbit) and Dominic West (The Wire). These performances – all specially filmed for the app – are synchronised to the text.
Cost: $13.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonnets-by-william-shakespeare/id528646395?mt=8
Cost: $13.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonnets-by-william-shakespeare/id528646395?mt=8
In the XIX century Edgar Allan Poe was ahead of his time and captured the terror and darkness of the human soul, in each of his stories, as no one had ever done. Rediscover his work with iPoe, the Interactive and Illustrated Collection of Edgar Allan Poe with which you will find the difference between an electronic book and a total interactive experience exploring all capabilities of the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Get shrouded in shadows and dive into the dark work of the master of horror through some of his best stories:
Cost: $1.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipoe-2-raven-black-cat-other/id571667540?mt=8
Cost: $1.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipoe-2-raven-black-cat-other/id571667540?mt=8
Written by best-selling author Dave Morris, designed and developed by creative studio inkle and published by award-winning independent publisher, Profile Books, Frankenstein is a new way of experiencing Mary Shelley's classic tale of terror and revenge. The original text has been fully adapted into interactive form, allowing you the reader to visit Frankenstein's workshop, help him make his monster, and guide him through the disastrous events that follow. This is a reading experience like no other, that will put you into the heart of the story.
Cost: $4.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/frankenstein-for-ipad-iphone/id516047066
Cost: $4.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/app/frankenstein-for-ipad-iphone/id516047066
Smashing Ideas unveils the first original content from its ePublishing series for the iPad. The War of the Worlds for iPad, based on the original book by H.G. Wells, is a stunning, modern rendering of a novel that has been in continuous publication for more than one hundred years. Follow the Narrator through this classic tale of Man vs. Martian in Wells’ novel that explores extraterrestrial themes, weaponry, space travel and human evolution. With real-time physics modeling, original illustrations and audio, from Smashing Ideas, The War of the Worlds creates a unique, engaging experience.
Cost: $3.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-war-of-the-worlds-for-ipad/id394767503?mt=8
Cost: $3.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-war-of-the-worlds-for-ipad/id394767503?mt=8
You’ll find Ulysses waiting for you under the walls of the city of Troy, ready to launch the last attack together before finally setting sail for Ithaca! The voyage is long and full of surprises, including storms, magic spells, sirens, giants, heroes, and beautiful women…Features: Interactivity—an array of interactive elements, with touch-sensitive animation and sound effects, moving figures you can interact with, objects you can throw and drag, or move by tilting your iPad; Original author illustrations; Specially composed soundtrack.
Cost: $3.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-voyage-of-ulysses/id538571921?mt=8
Cost: $3.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-voyage-of-ulysses/id538571921?mt=8
The Odyssey VSB Course discusses the Odyssey, the sequel to the Iliad, which was composed at about the same time, 1000 B.C.E. The Odyssey is the story of two journeys. One story is that of Odysseus, the wily Greek who hatched the plan of the Trojan horse — a story of sword and sorcery. The other is a coming of age story. That of Odysseus' son Telemachus, and his journey from boyhood to manhood.
Cost: $0 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vsb-odyssey/id627168379?mt=8
Cost: $0 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vsb-odyssey/id627168379?mt=8
Our built-in MEMORY COACH uses scientifically proven methods to ensure that you'll learn and remember hundreds of words quickly and easily. Our team of content creators, including Stanford University graduates and Ph.Ds, spent years developing rich, engaging content. CONTENT: a beautiful custom image for every word; audio pronunciation; example sentence(s) written in a story-like format with endearing characters that help you develop an emotional connection with the words you're learning; synonyms;antonyms; word family; verb tenses.
Cost: $5.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knowji-sat-top-500-audio-visual/id580324568?mt=8
Cost: $5.99 Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knowji-sat-top-500-audio-visual/id580324568?mt=8