VocabProfessor

Memorize your vocab. Till it sticks.

An aid to vocabulary acquisition

VocabProfessor's job is to help you learn foreign language vocabulary. It does this by allowing you to enter chapters of words or expressions from your own textbook or course notes as pairs of words, in your own language and in the language you're trying to learn. It can then test you by picking one at random and displaying it. You then have to enter its translation. If you're right, well and good. If not, it shows you the right answer before picking a different one at random. The test is over once you've got everything right once. It displays a score as you go along.

You will be surprised at how quickly you can learn large numbers of words. It's important to keep revising the words every so often, to keep them ticking over in your head. With VocabProfessor, it's easy to keep going back to words you've already learnt and refresh your memory.

VocabProfessor began life on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, under the name VocabTutor, and has existed in various forms including for Psion machines and Ewe (a Java implementation for Windows CE devices), Java ME for S60 3rd Edition and Jave SE. This version, a web application built using Google Web Toolkit, runs in any modern desktop browser.

Go to VocabProfessor to get started.

Terms & Conditions

By using VocabProfessor you agree to the following contract between Neil Sands (hereafter 'VocabProfessor') and you (hereafter 'the user'):

  1. The user agrees to pay the required fee in order to use the service. The fee at time of writing is £10 for 6 months. The user further agrees not share his account with other parties.
  2. VocabProfessor will endeavour to keep the service running around the clock but cannot be liable for downtime caused by events beyond VocabProfessor's control, including extended periods of downtime.
  3. VocabProfessor will not share email addresses & other information captured when the user signs up with any other party, except where required by law. The user will not place other private or sensitive information into VocabProfessor. (The user's payment information is collected by PayPal, and is never seen by VocabProfessor.)
  4. VocabProfessor will keep the user's data intact for a minimum of six weeks in the event that the user fails to renew in a timely fashion. VocabProfessor reserves the right to delete data after six weeks.