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Grammar Expert : English Vocabulary Complete FREE

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ELA: Reading ELA: ^Other Standardized Test Prep High School & Up iOS App

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Pros

  • The app has a large selection of vocabulary words categorized by topic which could help students remember meanings more easily. Manufacturer claims it aligns with ESL tests as well as SAT and ACT.
  • Students can improve their speed by gradually lowering the allowed time per question.
  • The app provides excellent tracking data.

Considerations

  • The definitions include other challenging vocabulary and often use a form of the word to define the word which is not helpful.
  • The quiz is overlaid on top of the table of contents which will distract some students while taking the quiz.
  • The app has no engaging or motivating features.

Mindprint Expert Review

English Vocabulary Complete is a bland app that does not provide good instruction or practice but could expose students to over 3,000 challenging vocabulary words that they might need to know for standardized tests. The paid version covers 20 different chapters on topics ranging from human behavior to entertainment and no ads, and the free version allows users to trial with the psychology chapter. For every word, students can read the part of speech and multiple definitions. The definitions are not particularly well written, include challenging vocabulary and often use a different form of the word as part of the definition, so students might still be confused after reading them. After studying the words on their own, students can quiz themselves by chapter topic with multiple choice questions. Students have the option to set 5 to 10 questions per quiz and the time per question from 10 seconds to three minutes. The running timer cannot be hidden, and there is no explanation of incorrect answers other than the original definition. However, the app does have very detailed reporting by question for students to track and share their performance and view the correct answer versus the answer they provided. The app has a usable thesaurus and dictionary for students to look up specific words. Overall, an app that could be helpful, but students can find more effective study tools with more understandable definitions.

Academic Benefits

Improves academic skills

  • Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
  • Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
  • Presents educational concepts accurately
  • Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
  • Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
  • Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
  • Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

Fun

Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
  • Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
  • Visually appealing to children in the target age range
  • Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
  • Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
  • Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
  • Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

Easy to Use

Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range

  • Has a free or trial version
  • Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
  • Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
  • Student should be able to use independently after first use
  • Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
  • Multiple users can save a profile
  • Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
  • Can play without sound and not distract others
  • Students can save work between sessions
  • Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
  • Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
  • Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
  • Overall - Easy to use

Cognitive Concerns

May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs

  • Anxiety
    • Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Timer cannot be hidden
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
  • Attention
    • Shows advertisements
    • Promotes purchases or upgrades to students
    • Problems or examples are not interesting for the target age range
    • Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
    • Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Organization
    • Problems or examples are not interesting for the target age range
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Processing Speed
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Timer cannot be hidden
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
    • Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Reading Basics
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Reading Comprehension
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Reading Fluency
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Self-regulation
    • Shows advertisements
    • Promotes purchases or upgrades to students
    • Gives negative feedback (red X's, buzzer)
    • A player's success depends on speed
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
  • Verbal Memory
    • Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
    • Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
  • Verbal Reasoning
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
    • Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
  • Visual Discrimination
    • Shows advertisements
    • Promotes purchases or upgrades to students
    • Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
    • Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
    • Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
  • Vocabulary
    • Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
  • Working Memory
    • Turn or quiz abruptly ends when timer runs out
    • Requires recall of text information without audio or visual reinforcement
    • Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own

Manufacturer Description

Mastering English made easy with Vocabulary Complete. This is a complete vocabulary study aid featuring:
- Study package. 3330+ unique and most used words in professional / daily use.
- Quiz package. Test your vocabulary knowledge.
- Dictionary (170,000+ unique words),
- Thesaurus (30,000+ unique words and their synonyms)
- Favorites. Bookmark favorite words for later reference.

Grammar Expert: English Vocabulary Complete is planned by professional teachers and equipped with an exhaustive list of over 3300 important words which are strategically distributed in 20 Topics.

Now you do not need to worry anymore, just take up “Grammar Expert : English Vocabulary Complete” and you will be all set to take any ESL Exam (like TOEIC, PET, FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, ACT) head on!

20 Strategically Planned Topics:
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• Psychology
• Conversation
• Human Behavior
• Politics
• Expressions
• Personality & Mood
• Health
• Entertainment
• Finance
• Business
• Religion
• Nature
• Sports
• Travel & History
• Nutrition & Fitness
• Conflicts & Negatives 1
• Conflicts & Negatives 2
• Descriptive Words
• Verbs, Adverbs & Adjectives 1
• Verbs, Adverbs & Adjectives 2

Useful tip:
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First use the Study Mode to browse through and learn the most important words in English Language.
Once you feel ready enough you can use the Quiz Mode to test yourself.
Quiz mode features over 3300 Questions which will test your vocabulary skills in a multifaceted pattern.

Features:
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* Learn vocabulary topic by topic and test your understanding in a topic exam.
* Take the Final Vocabulary Exam to test your proficiency in English Vocabulary.
* All questions are prepared by a team of leading educationists in USA and Europe who have decades of experience in English grammar education and preparing students for tests like TOEIC, PET, KET, FCE, CAE, IELTS, TOEFL, SAT, GRE, GMAT
* Detailed test results:
⁃ Question by question analysis of test results.
⁃ Keep track of exactly how many times you tried each question and how many times you got it right.
⁃ Time spent in answering each question.
⁃ Whether you used the hint feature in solving the question.
⁃ Store history of up to 10 topic exams and 10 Final Grammar Exams
⁃ Measure your progress in each topic through a slick graph

Bonus Features:
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-Complete English Dictionary: The App features a Complete English Dictionary with over 176,300 words with detailed meanings. Use it to quickly refer any word in English Language

-English Thesaurus: The App features a Thesaurus with over 30,000+ unique words and their synonyms. Use it to quickly refer any word in English Language

Favorites:
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The Favorites feature provides the ability to easily bookmark the words so that you can quickly refer them anytime you need.