Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
English Vocabulary Tips for Moving Abroad
The practical English needed for paperwork, housing, money and work when moving abroad, how to prepare before you go and keep learning once you arrive.
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Short, practical guides on how vocabulary learning actually works, and how we've built Wordabulary around it.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
How to Build a Professional Vocabulary for Work
How to build workplace vocabulary that reads as precise and not showy: collocations, real emails and meetings, avoiding jargon, and short routines that work.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
Vocabulary Building for High School and College
Why vocabulary matters in every subject, how spacing and self-testing help students retain words, and a weekly routine that fits around classes and homework.
Wordabulary · · 7 min read
Quiz Formats: Multiple Choice, Matching and Decoding
How Wordabulary quiz formats differ, why recognizing a meaning is easier than typing the word, and how to choose or mix formats in your settings.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
Why Hearing a Word Out Loud Helps You Remember It
Why hearing and saying a new word helps it stick, how English spelling misleads learners, and simple habits that connect a word's sound to its meaning.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
How Many Words Do You Need? Vocabulary Size and CEFR
What research says about how many English words you need to read and listen with ease, why word counts differ, and why the CEFR gives no official number.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
Active Recall: Why Testing Yourself Beats Rereading
Why recalling a word beats rereading it, what the testing effect research found, where the evidence for vocabulary is mixed, and how to practice retrieval.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
What Is Micro Learning? Why Short Sessions Work
What micro learning is, what the spacing research supports and what it does not, and how to build a few-minutes-a-day vocabulary habit that you can keep.
Wordabulary · · 7 min read
Why Tracking Your Progress Keeps You Learning
How visible progress helps learners keep going, and what Wordabulary records and shows: daily target, level bars, activity map, streaks and badges.
Wordabulary · · 6 min read
Does Gamified Learning Work? How Wordabulary Uses It
What research says about points, streaks and badges in learning, and exactly how Wordabulary awards points, levels, streaks, badges and ranks.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
The Real Benefits of Learning Vocabulary Online
What learning vocabulary online can do that a paper list cannot, what a review of 33 studies found, where it falls short, and what to look for in a tool.
Learn Vocabulary · · 7 min read
How Spaced Repetition Works (and Why Cramming Fails)
What the research on the spacing effect says about when to review new words, what a study of language learners found, and a simple way to space your practice.