LearnItLists - Learn 10 words a day, get better at a foreign language

by Romeo Wahed Feb 28th 2008

Some linguists say that most of the time people speaking any language only use about 1000 words. If you believe that, then you might also think that if you learned those 1000 common words, you would have a basic degree of fluency. If the idea of rote memorization and vocabulary building in this manner strikes your fancy, LearnItLists is there to help.

LearnItLists is essentially a web gadget that quizzes/flashcards you with 10 words a day in the language you would like to learn. You sign up for an account, pick your language, add it to your Google homepage (optional), and get busy memorizing. In a hundred days, doing 10 a day, you'll have your 1000 words, and be ready to rock with the best of them. Or close to it. Currently, the gadget supports about 16 languages, with more on the way (such as simplified Chinese).

The interface is clean, easy to use, and is intuitive in the way flash cards and vocab sheets are. So if you have been running from building your linguistic skills, give LearnItLists a look.

[via MakeUseOf]

Tags: flash cards, FlashCards, foreign language, ForeignLanguage, language, learnitlists, vocabulary

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Nilo W Campos said 10:21AM on 3-01-2008

I need learn

naziha said 8:31PM on 5-03-2008

hhiiii i want to learn more english language

amira said 10:21AM on 5-06-2008

i want to learn more english language

Nicola Robinsonova said 5:01PM on 5-22-2008

Thanks for writing about our widget.

We now have a brand new shiny version of the learnit widget out - you can see it at http://www.learnitlists.com.

It includes the features most requested by users taking part in our beta test - such as grammar info, a test function & word sounds, as well as much more. Let me know what you think!

Best wishes,
Nicola

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