I remember the Latin and English vocabulary tests when I was in school. Always disliked learning for those tests, as it was one of the most boring activities for me. Back then I did not have electronic aids like computer vocabulary software to assist in the learning. While there were a few programs for the [...]

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So, language learning. It can either be a pretty boring task, especially if you are in school and have to do it, or exciting, if you want to learn a language, for instance to read Goethe’s Faust in German or Tolkins’ Lord of the Rings in English. But even with all the excitement, a large [...]

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I disliked learning vocabularies back in my school days, especially Latin since there was no application for that language in real life, which meant that the learning concentrated on grammar and learning as many Latin words as possible. Today’s children have more options when it comes to building their vocabulary. Computer vocabulary apps have improved [...]

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VocabGrabber is an interesting online service provided by Visual Thesaurus. The online tool can be used to analyze text that can consist of up to 200000 characters. All that needs to be done is to copy and paste text into the form on the Visual Thesaurus website to receive an in depth analysis of the [...]

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If you are in school you have to learn vocabulary all the time. First in your native language and later on in other languages. A vocabulary trainer aids the pupil in learning those words. A simply vocabulary trainer is VocabOne by Zeniko Software, It does not come with fancy tests, animated characters and other stuff [...]

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