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Fluent language skills in 3 months with an easy exercise routine!

August 8, 2016

Many students who have just started their language studies wonder how long it takes to learn a new language. WordDive promises fast results, but what does that actually mean? How many new items can you learn in one day? When can you say you speak a language? As the subject interests so many, we decided to find out what is the median learning speed of the WordDive users. The results were amazing: you can become fluent in a language in…

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Why are pictures so effective in language learning?

August 1, 2016

WordDive exercises start off with visual hints. The first thing you see is a picture that will lead you to think of the study item you are learning. Next you will write your answer based on a guess, knowledge, or what you have heard by choosing to listen to the extra hint. Finally, you will see and hear the correct answer in an example sentence. Have you ever wondered why WordDive uses visual hints as a starting point of the…

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Why are part of speech icons useful?

July 15, 2016

Did you know that words are divided into classes called parts of speech according to their grammatical properties? Words belonging to different parts of speech have distinct roles in a sentence: verbs express action, while nouns denote things and adjectives their qualities. Recognizing parts of speech is very useful when learning a foreign language. The part of speech to which a word belongs guides its use in a sentence and defines the correct word order and punctuation. Knowing the role…

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Here are five good reasons to follow us on social media!

July 11, 2016

Are you already following WordDive on social media? If not, here are five good reasons to hop on board! 1. Keep yourself up-to-date We are actively sharing news about WordDive on our social media channels. By following us, you will be the first to know of our new courses and the improvements and updates made to our service – without forgetting the great promotions! 2. Helpful tips for your studies You can also get valuable tips for your language studies…

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We have reached 20 million permanent study items!

June 27, 2016

Time to celebrate! Together with all of our language learners, we have reached a new milestone: the total number of study items learned permanently by all WordDive users has exceeded 20 million. We want to thank you all for keeping up your good work and reaching this achievement with us. It is your continuous effort that we celebrate today! The WordDive method: Permanent learning as a core principle With WordDive, you repeat your study items exactly the amount of times that…

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What do our prep course participants think of the course?

June 22, 2016

The popularity of our matriculation exam prep courses has grown significantly in a few years. More than 10 000 high school graduates have already taken the course. Moreover, 98 % of course participants state that they would recommend our courses to their younger fellow students. We are proud of the course’s popularity and of our chance to help Finnish high school graduates to reach top scores in their matriculation exam. But how do this spring’s participants describe our courses? Here…

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