Vocabuilder - Improve your Foreign Language Vocabulary
Vocabuilder is a program to help you practice new words you learn in a foreign language. You type in words
and their meanings (denoted as sense
) as you learn them. The program will score your performance, and try to test you on the new words, or on words that you score poorly.
Installation
- Download and run .:vocabuilder.exe. The self-extracting installer will save the program under
C:\Program Files\Vocabuilder
. You can run the program either by followingRun Vocabuilder
shortcut created on the desktop, or by double-clicking onC:\Program Files\Vocabuilder\Vocab.exe
file.
- You can delete the initial
C:\Program Files\Vocabuilder\Vocab.txt
dictionary file if you desire.
Usage
The program consists of the following components:
- Dictionary: You can add a new
Word
and itsSense
(meaning) to your dictionary, or remove an existing word-sense pair. Dictionary can also be used as reference; the words in the list will be filtered as you type intoWord
orSense
fields, allowing you to search through your dictionary. The dictionary with your scores are saved in theC:\Program Files\Vocabuilder\Vocab.txt
file, which you could also edit by hand.
- Review: You will be asked to type the word (or sense) when given the sense (or word). You can use
Alt+Key
combinations as shortcuts to the buttons. For example,Alt+C
will invokeCheat
command and give you the letters of the answer one by one.
- Multiple Choice will ask you to find the sense (or word) of a word (or sense) from a given list of choices. You can use keys 'a',…,'e' instead of mouse-clicks.
- Hangman:
- Crossword Puzzle: A cross-word puzzle from your dictionary list is created. You can specify the size of the puzzle (Rows/Columns). The
quality
option determines how long the program should search for a good-quality puzzle. The crossword will be displayed in your browser. Note that, unlike in other components, the crossword scores are not stored as part of your performance.