2016 will be an exciting year for all WordDive users! Check out the sneak peek: Android app Perhaps one of the most anticipated piece of news is the release of the Android mobile application. Android is by far the most popular smartphone operating system. It is used by Samsung, LG, HTC and many other manufacturers. The Android device selection includes many affordable, but very nice phone models. We have received lots of requests for an Android app, and we are…
It is obvious that learning a second language makes many things easier – traveling, surfing the internet and finding a good job are just a few examples. But did you know that learning languages also improves your intelligence, memory and concentration? Generally, the earlier you start learning a language, the better, but even adults who learn a second language will benefit from it greatly. Here is how learning a new language changes your brain – at any age: People who speak…
Did you know that the Swedish language has five different noun classes? In addition to knowing the correct article (en or ett), it is important to know to which class a noun belongs in order to be able to decline it correctly. For example, if you know that the word en skola (school) belongs to declination class 1, you will also know that its indefinite plural is skolor. In the exercises, we have marked the noun class for each noun…
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Kati, Divonne-les-Bains: WordDive is an excellent choice for a stay-at-home mom
December 15, 2015We suddenly had to move from Helsinki to Central Europe last spring when my husband started a long work project in Geneva. We heard about this on May Day, and before the end of May, we were already living here in Divonne-les-Bains, a small spa town in eastern France near the Swiss border. I had no time to think about language issues then. It struck me only when we arrived. My French is horrible, so I started to look for…
Last spring, my friend gave me a tip to try WordDive. I and my wife are retired and we often spend the winter in Spain or the Canary Islands. I’m not linguistically talented, but I still wanted to try WordDive. I started with the introductory course, got excited, and then ordered a six-month course as soon as I was back in Finland. Since then, I’ve been studying Spanish with WordDive almost daily, 20 to 30 minutes a day. We like…
I first encountered WordDive when I was searching for an English course for my daughter, who is in high school. When I came across WordDive, I realized I could start using it myself. I have always been more mathematically oriented. I graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology, and nowadays I’m working as a researcher of digital services. I need English at work every day. For example, the reports are all written in English. That’s why it didn’t occur to…