The science
How Word Gallery uses memory research.
Four findings from memory research shape every lesson. Each has its own page: what the studies found, and exactly what the app does with it.
One lesson, step by step
- 1 · CardYou meet a new wordIts painting, the word, its meaning and an example — you say the word after the app.Pictures · Speaking
- 2 · From memoryYou say it yourselfThe meaning from the new word, then the new word from its meaning.Recall
- 3 · DrillThree roundsInto the new language, back into yours, then a random round. The right answer is said after every turn.Recall · Speaking
- 4 · Next dateEach word on its own dayIt comes back when you are about to forget it — not on a fixed list.Spacing
The four findings
Study spread out over days is remembered far longer than the same study crammed into one sitting.
In the appEach word gets its own next date, set for when you are about to forget it.
How it works →Pulling a word out of memory strengthens it more than reading it again.
In the appEvery new word is asked from memory, both ways, before the lesson ends.
How it works →Pictures are remembered better than words — so every word in the gallery has one.
In the appWhen you are asked for the meaning, the painting stays turned away until you answer.
How it works →Words said aloud are remembered better than words read silently.
In the appEvery answer is said out loud. The app listens and never says «wrong».
How it works →The dates come from FSRS, an open-source spaced-repetition scheduler (open-spaced-repetition on GitHub).
Your first painting is waiting.
A few new words a day, out loud. Your first 50 words are free.
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