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Focus on Comprehension

Flashcards might seem a bit old fashioned, yet they remain one of the most efficient ways to rapidly increase your vocabulary size. Our patented electronic flashcard system offers major improvements over paper-based cards.

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Focus on Visual Speed

Research confirms that faster visual recognition leads directly to higher ability and performance! SightWords is a fast-paced game designed to increase the speed of your visual recognition of high-frequency vocabulary.

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Focus on Listening Speed

Research confirms that fast sound recognition is essential for effective comprehension. SoundBubbles is a listening game designed to increase your aural skills fast.

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Spaced Repetition Advantage

All Word Engine learning tools automatically select and give repeated exposure to the exact words needed to increase your subject comprehension in the fastest and most direct way possible.

Have you ever studied new words for a test, only to forget them soon afterward? This is a problem of short term memory loss.

When you study with the Word Engine, all of your target words are automatically delivered by a spaced repetition database maintained exclusively for you in our online server. With your own personal spaced repetition database, each of your target words will be repeated at least five times, at gradually increasing time intervals over a minimum 90-day period.
Extensive research has shown that spaced repetition is the fastest way to develop long-term memory retention of new vocabulary. The time intervals in our spaced repetition system are based on proven science with more than one hundred years of supporting evidence. With the Word Engine, all of your target words will be automatically randomized and repeated to help you make a smooth transition from short to long-term memory.

Study with any of the Learning Tools

Your target words are available for study with any of the Learning Tools mentioned above. Simply click the “Start now!” button on any of the available subjects and choose the tool you want to work with. No matter which tool you study with, your words will be tracked and repeated until you have developed long-term memory retention.

The Importance of Coverage

Research confirms that knowledge of at least 95 percent (19 out of 20 words on average) of a subject’s total vocabulary is the minimum requirement for achieving basic comprehension. Because high-frequency vocabulary words occur so often, knowing at least 95 percent of them is absolute minimum requirement in order for you to stay in the game! Surprisingly, unknown high-frequency vocabulary is a widespread source of frustration for almost everyone, even native speakers of English! A major cause for this problem is that secondary schools and universities fail to teach hundreds of these crucial vocabulary words. The Word Engine quickly solves this problem!

The Word Engine is a precise learning tool perfectly designed for today’s competitive and knowledge-intensive world. Word Engine users live in different countries all over the world. Many study to improve their foreign language ability, but almost as many study in their native language to improve their special purpose vocabulary. The Word Engine is equally effective for native speakers and non-native speakers.

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