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…
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…
When you study with WordDive, you take steps towards mastering a language by learning study items. For example, the word apple is the core of one study item. You learn how to pronounce and spell “apple”, but you also learn its meaning, as well as the context in which it can be used, when you read and listen to the example sentence. The process of learning a study item will take you through different stages. We call these stages the…
People who don’t know how WordDive works are often confused. “Is this just a fancy new way of memorizing words?” Yes, that is partially correct. You will learn a lot of new words with WordDive. However, that is not the whole story. WordDive is not just about memorizing new words. It is more about learning how to actually use the language you are studying – in real life situations. 1 study item includes about 10 words on average So when…
”I use the saved time for group work and discussions.” The Finnish expat Hannu Arvio from Barcelona has been teaching Finnish to Spaniards for about 12 years. “I have lived in Spain for 20 years. I used to work as a correspondent for a Finnish radio station, but for the last five years I have focused on educational and marketing activities of the private language school that I founded with three partners.” Institut Nórdic, the private school led by Arvio…