Vokabel

Learning a language's grammar might seem easy to some. It is just a set of rules that can be neatly written down and then studied. Improving your vocabulary can be a bit trickier. Reading books and watching movies or listening to music with a dictionary at hand are considered traditional ways of doing that. Using flashcards is another.

Vokabel can provide an alternative to the traditional methods mentioned above. It is a simple, lightweight and easy to use software solution that can help you improve your vocabulary, in foreign languages, as well as your own one, using quizzes, anagrams, flashcards and games of hangman.

Since this an application designed with people learning foreign languages in mind, one should note that its interface can be configured to use English, Swedish, German or Greek.

The Vokabel uses custom, user-defined lists of synonyms in order to automatically create quizzes, anagrams, tests and flashcards.

However, before taking part in any quizzes or tests, one must first create a word list. Such a list is defined as set of pairs of words. Each pair can also have a note attached to it. Since the list is created by the users, the application can be used to learn any language they can think of.

Because typing in a comprehensive list of synonyms can be time consuming, one can also opt to import one from a local text file or automatically download one from the Internet. The program uses its own built-in browser to download lists, and there are plenty to choose from.

After filling in or importing a list, users can begin improving their vocabulary by accessing the activities mentioned above. After completing such an activity, detailed results are displayed.

These activities are not created at random. The application purposefully deceases the chance of encountering a word you know and increases the chance of encountering one you don't. It uses statistics gathered from your previous scores in order to determine this.

This is an easy to use and handy application that can help users improve their vocabulary in any language.