It’s finally here: the new version of WordDive’s mobile app has been released! The new app is even more fun, efficient and easy to use than before. You can follow your progress with fish, which develop from novices to juniors and masters as you learn more. Exercising has been completely overhauled as well. Old exercise modes have been combined into one exercise, where the AI automatically selects the best way for you to learn each study item. The new exercise…
It’s easy to stay inside your comfort zone. It’s warm, safe and cozy in there. But if you never step out of that zone, you’ll never know about all the cool things waiting outside. Language learning might not be in your comfort zone – but if you like to travel and would like to get the most out of your time abroad, I would definitely recommend it. I’ve also been to countries where I don’t speak or even understand the…
Linda Henriksson, 18, has just completed the first round of her final exams. In addition to English, she chose to do an exam in Spanish, a choice which set her apart from most of her peers. – When I was little, we used to go to Spain a lot. I remember it was always warm and sunny there. I also like to watch Spanish TV series, like Los Serrano, Aquí no hay quien viva and Velvet, Linda says. Linda prepared…
Have you ever wondered what kind of people are working at WordDive, or what it would be like to work here? You may have already heard the story of our founder and CEO, Timo-Pekka Leinonen. In addition to Timo-Pekka, our core team consists of professionals in linguistics, pedagogy and mobile-oriented product development. We have around 15 people here at the office, and in addition to that we have a part-time network of 20 native voice models, translators and proofreaders spread…
Learning languages is more than just studying vocabulary or grammar and taking endless classes. It means dreams, visions and goals. It brings people and cultures together, it takes you to incredible countries, makes conversations possible and even makes people fall in love. We believe that people rarely study a language just for the language itself. There is often a deeper reason, a wish or a goal that inspires people to study. We interviewed three inspiring persons, Sissi, Lauri and Leena-Mari,…
We have all probably heard people saying that they simply can’t learn new languages. It seems hard to remember vocabulary, grammar is way too complicated and speaking almost impossible. ”I can’t speak Spanish because I’m bad at languages”, some might say. Why even bother to try? Good news! Linguists suggest that this is only a myth: in reality, there is no such thing as being good or bad at languages. With the right method, everyone can learn Often those who…
