article_snippet: Phones have been blamed for creating a generation of people who can only communicate in so-called ‘text speak’ and smiley faces.
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article_snippet: With Memrise, users commit Chinese characters and definitions to memory with the help of animations and mnemonics.
article_snippet: For example, the symbol for 'cow' resembles a cow carrying a neck yoke.
article_snippet: And 'noodles' look like a bowl of noodles being eaten with chopsticks.
article_snippet: Users then review the characters periodically - a technique known as 'spaced repetition'.