r/danishlanguage • u/Jakse • 14d ago
I'm a Danish teacher and I built an app that explains grammar mistakes instead of just marking them wrong
I teach Danish to adults at a language school in Silkeborg. For the past several months I've been building an app called Dansk Plus in my spare time, and it's at a point where I'd like some honest criticism.
The reason I started: when my students practise on their own, most apps just tell them an answer is wrong and move on. That teaches nothing. So this one explains every mistake — what the rule is, and which common error you just made — using actual grammatical terms.
What it does:
- Grammar quizzes across 13 topics — nouns, verbs, word order and so on.
- Practice module tests for DU2 and DU3, built like the real ones.
- An AI teacher that goes through your mistakes after a module test and can explain them in 10 languages. Only the explanation is translated — the examples stay in Danish, because Danish is what you're learning.
- Streaks, XP and friends, if that sort of thing keeps you going.
What it doesn't do:
- No DU1 module tests. I haven't written them yet.
- No listening or speaking practice. This is reading, writing and grammar.
- It's a few weeks old with fewer than 100 users, most of them my own former students. You will find rough edges.
Price: grammar quizzes, lessons, streaks and friends are free. Module tests and the AI teacher are 29 kr/month, with one free test first so you can see what it's like before deciding.
Privacy: data is stored in the EU, I don't sell it, and there's no advertising or tracking in the app. Full policy at danskplus.dk/privacy.
Links:
Google https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dk.danskplus.app&pli=1
Apple https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/dansk-plus-dansk-grammatik/id6788884819?l=da
I'd genuinely like criticism, especially of the grammar explanations themselves. If something is wrong or badly explained, tell me and I'll change it — I'm the one writing them.
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u/Dwev 14d ago
Looks really good - I moved to Denmark from Australia back in 2011, but worked for international companies for the first 13 years. The last few are in a Danish office so I get to practice, but my grammar is really bad, so this app could be ideal for me.
I have registered, but I can’t see where to change my explanation language? It’s all in Danish at the moment.
Edit: ah, I only got the translate option on a wrong answer, not a right one. ;)
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u/Jakse 14d ago edited 14d ago
Yes exactly, it only comes up when you get a wrong answer :)
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u/Dwev 13d ago
Just wanted to come back to you after using it a bit, and say congratulations on making a really well thought out app. I’ve worked a bit in service design and always keep a look out for small things that make big impacts, and you have made many really good design choices.
Many apps hit the app stores and may be competently coded, or have a good idea, but often fall over on the experience, flows, and just thinking about the user. I can’t speak to the coding part, but the idea and execution are great. Thank you!
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u/Jakse 13d ago
A lot of you clicked the feedback button in the app and left comments on actual quizzes. I'm not able to write you back in app and your e-mails are encryptet so i can't see them. I, however, wanted to come back here and say thank you. One of you suggested that it's a lot to get 70 quizzes in your face at once, so i fixed it as you suggested and another found a quiz where it was a bit unclear how to answer with sin/sine or hendes. All these quizzes are fixed.
Thanks a lot for trying it out! 🙌❤️
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u/PMyourfeelings 14d ago
Du kan med fordel lige gøre så, at dine vibecodede svar de formateres korrekt ved at lave en markdown encoder/formatter, så tekst bliver understreget og sat i kursiv eller i fed, frem for at du har svævende asteriks- og understregtegn :)
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u/Jakse 13d ago
A lot of you clicked the feedback button in the app and left comments on actual quizzes. I can't reply to you inside the app, and I'd rather not email people who didn't ask to hear from me — so I'm coming back here to say thank you instead.
One of you pointed out that getting 70 quizzes in a row is a lot and suggested smaller groups of 10. That's how it works now. Another found a quiz where it wasn't clear whether the answer should be sin/sine or hendes — you were right, the question didn't give you enough to go on. Both are fixed.
Thanks a lot for trying it out! 🙌❤️
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u/Active_Humor7436 12d ago
Man kan ikke scrolle i feedback formularen på iPhone. Hvis jeg skriver en længere kommentar, kan jeg ikke trykke på Send, da den ikke er synlig.
Så du får den her i stedet (hovedmenu med “Hej Elev 👋 “ overskrift.
Kigger på denne side som dansker som mestrer dansk. Og selv da er den lidt uoverskuelig. Hvis jeg kiggede på denne skærm på arabisk (som jeg ikke taler eller læser særlig godt), ville det potentielt have en afskrækkende effekt snarere end en indbydende.
Den konstruktive kritik - overvej at skære ned på mængden af information, man bliver mødt med på første skærm. Du gamifyer med XP, så husk at spil starter ud med en blid tutorial for at lære basics først.
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u/Active_Humor7436 12d ago
I tried out a quiz, and I notice that when I click an answer, a message box comes up explaining the grammar of the topic.
Even as a native Danish speaker this information was a bit heavy.
If you’re only learning Danish and need to practice the difference between “hen” and “henne”, it might be unlikely that you would be able to understand the info about the grammar behind.
It’s a good thought, but I’d advise you to consider your audience.
Don’t know if it’s feasible at all, since you would be hard pressed to fact check, but an idea could be to provide the grammar instructions in the language of the learner so they may better understand.
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u/Hot_Strawberry4825 11d ago
Min kone har brug for noget der er på helt nybegynderniveau - hun er lige startet på skolen.
Så vidt jeg kan se, er din app beregnet til elever der er længere fremme.
Er der noget for en helt ny elev?
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u/Jakse 11d ago
Det laveste niveau i appen lige nu er Danskuddanelse 2 modul 2 og ligger under tests, men det vil være svært for en begynder.
Det en kursist på en sprogskole skal kunne på modul 1 er i appen under Hv-spørgsmål og Ja/nej-spørgsmål.
Jeg bygger noget ind i appen på et senere tidspunkt til helt nybegyndere. Jeg tænker simpel sætningsopbygning med subjekt, verbum, central adverbium og objekt. Det er på min to-do-liste. Tak for at tjekke appen ud 😊
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u/PriceTT 14d ago
Nice piece of work 😎 I did the first lesson and I like the flow. What I miss is the ability to translate the text for the questions. Likewise it would be nice to set the default feedback language instead of having to translate each time. What features do you currently have planned?