Families
For the child with a list to learn, and the parent who would rather not be the one holding it.
- Ten minutes a day is enough
- Hints when they are stuck, so they are never simply wrong
- See exactly which words still need work
Making words stick
Type in a list, from a worksheet, a textbook or a phrasebook, and Wordlark asks you the words until you know them, a few new ones at a time. It works in nine languages, and for English spellings too.
Already playing? Pick up where you left off
There is no course to follow. You bring the words, and you can be practising them a minute after you sign up.
What it's for
Most word lists come with a date attached. Wordlark is built around the list you have actually been given, whatever it is for.
Type in the twenty words from the worksheet and practise them until you can spell every one.
Add each chapter's words as you reach it. Older chapters come round again now and then, so they do not fade.
A page of phrases for the holiday, learned before you go instead of looked up on the day.
Spelling lists by school year, the words you always get wrong, and new vocabulary. You see the meaning, you type the word, and every letter has to be right.
How it works
Type them, paste them from a document, or pick a list that is already there.
You get a few new words at a time. A word starts as a flash card and only gets harder once you are getting it right.
A word you get wrong comes back soon; one you know waits longer. The stars next to each word show how far it has got.
Each word has its own ladder. A right answer moves it up a rung; two wrong answers move it back down to the rung you last managed.
Who it's for
It started as something built for one family's homework. It turned out to suit an adult with an evening class, or a teacher with thirty pupils, just as well.
For the child with a list to learn, and the parent who would rather not be the one holding it.
An evening class, a move abroad, a professional exam, two weeks in Italy: whatever the list is for, you set the pace.
Set the words for the week and every pupil practises exactly those, at their own level, in class or at home.
Practice only helps if you come back tomorrow, so every round gives you something to beat.
What it is not
It does not teach grammar or plan your studies, and it is not a replacement for a course or a teacher.
It gets a list of words into your head and keeps them there. That is the whole job.
If you already use something
Most people who try it already have an app or two. None of them does quite this job, which is why Wordlark exists.
Duolingo teaches you its course, in its order. Wordlark drills the list you were given. Plenty of people use both: Duolingo for the daily lesson, Wordlark for Thursday's test.
A flashcard app shows you a card and asks whether you knew it. Wordlark makes you type the word, with help that fades as you improve, and brings back the ones you got wrong. Nothing is metered and there are no adverts.
Anki is the serious tool for people who build their own decks and tune the settings. Wordlark takes the list, chooses what to ask next and marks the spelling itself, so a ten-year-old can run it alone.
If the school already sets spellings in an app, keep using it. Wordlark is for the lists that come home on paper, and for the languages those apps do not cover.
Wordlark has no connection with any of these; the names belong to their owners.
Create an account and add the list. The first round takes five minutes.
Start learningTap a flag for the language you read and one for the language you want. A short list is ready and waiting.
Practising your own language is ready for English and Dutch so far. Pick another language to learn, or come back soon.