first appeared: Language Learning for Language Learners #32

GreekFlash Pro is a great but misnamed piece of software. It  was originally designed as a flash card system for students  learning Greek, but is actually great for learning any  language. In fact, I'm using it to create Arabic font (rtl)  vocabulary cards in Arabic Windows and am having no problems  doing it at all. Think "Vocabulary Flash Pro" as you read the  following.

Unless you're learning Greek you'll need to make your own  flash cards, with each card having the word or phrase you want  to learn, a translation into a language you know, and the part of speech of the word. Through creating different card sets  you can arrange cards by textbook or course. And, if you have  someone to record them, you can record voice directly in the  card editor as well so that you can listen to each word as you  are studying and reviewing. (Each card can contain up to eight  seconds of voice. If you're going to do this, please read the  mini-article below about having the right kind of mike.)

As you flip through your card sets, the program keeps track of  which cards you get wrong or right and accordingly moves the  individual cards from "not memorized" into "short-term  memorized" and finally "long-term memorized".

It's extremely simple to use, extremely simple to create new  cards and new card sets, and extremely simple and fun to study  or review through the card sets as part of your language  learning program. Card sets are shareable, so if you create  any for the language you are learning send them to me and I'll  put them on our website so that others can use them too. (I  bet well-developed comprehensive sets could be sold, if you're  looking for a way to make some spending money.)

I like this program!

You can download a trial copy of this software at: http://www.paradigm-sw.com/ . The registered version costs about  $35. Please tell them you heard about their product in this  newsletter.

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