Recently, a report about frequent content errors in an English learning app caused an uproar.

There are many users of these applications, but there are many errors in the content. This not only affects the quality of learning resources, but also reveals many problems in management, which is worrying.

Multiple English learning apps were found during the search with as many as 19 errors in spelling and word meaning.

When searching for words such as "education system", the information provided by each application software is quite different from the standard dictionary.

This shows that the content errors in the App have a wide impact, including not only basic word queries, but also many errors in the interpretation of phrases.

There are also problems with pronunciation such as phonetic symbols.

An app that has been downloaded 300 million times made an error when labeling the phonetic symbol of "hum". Not only that, there were also problems such as incorrect accent, mismatch between pronunciation and phonetic symbols, and confusion between British and American pronunciation.

These errors can seriously mislead English learners.

If you use an electronic dictionary containing errors for a long time, learners may be seriously misled.

When learning English, if the content is incorrect, students may make mistakes in word writing, word meaning, and phonetic pronunciation.

For example, students may keep pronouncing the wrong words according to the wrong phonetic symbols.

At a broader level, this reflects a decline in the quality of learning resources as a whole.

If the market is flooded with poor-quality learning materials, the improvement of the overall level of English learning will be hindered, and it will also have an adverse impact on my country's achievements in foreign exchanges, academic research and other fields involving English.

From the surface content errors, you can see the problems of the writers behind them.

Wrong entries in electronic dictionaries reflect the lack of professionalism of the writers.

The writing team lacks enough English professionals and lacks a strict review system, which leads to frequent problems such as Chinese translation errors and English letter sorting errors.

At the same time, it also reflects the staff's lack of responsibility and irresponsible work.

For example, netizens have reported errors for many years, but the same error still exists.

Since 2012, this word memorization application has encountered errors reported by netizens almost every year, but the rectification of the problems has always been unsatisfactory.

The local market regulatory bureau said it has no authority to regulate the content of English learning apps.

This leaves the lack of direct supervision over such App content issues.

Publishers make it clear that they can only deal with copyright infringements and cannot intervene in content errors.

The education department has no regulatory authority over English learning applications, which has resulted in a current management gap and weak content quality supervision.

At present, the content supervision of English learning applications and their built-in electronic dictionaries is still in a fuzzy area.

These applications have the characteristics of dictionary tools, as well as electronic devices and software, and cannot be treated in the same way as current management of general electronic devices or software.

This requires re-examining and improving the regulatory system.

This type of English learning application, which is widely popular in the market, used by a large number of users and responsible for the dissemination of knowledge, should have specific management measures in place to ensure the accuracy of the content.

It is necessary to improve the professionalism and responsibility of the writing team.

For example, the App development company is required to hire professional English experts for review and verification.

The opinions of experts in foreign language education should be fully absorbed.

An effective user feedback mechanism must be established.

When users find errors, they can provide timely feedback and get them handled.

Although the problem was pointed out before, it was not dealt with quickly enough. If a sound system can be established, the pace of improvement will undoubtedly be accelerated.

Have you ever encountered similar content errors when using English learning apps?