5 Great Apps to Keep a Vocabulary Notebook

A Vocabulary Notebook is a booklet in which you can register new vocabulary so you can spend some time learning these new words out of the classroom. 

I have a lot of respect for students who are good listeners and readers and they always listen and read trying to find something new  to learn.

Sometimes  you have to ask yourself what was the last word that I learned?  so you can understand  how active you are in seeking new knowledge.

Some of my students  keep a vocabulary notebook in old fashion ways which is keeping a notebook close to them all the time.

Now  with the advancements in technology, this can be done through your smartphone, tablet  or your PC.


6 Best Apps to Keep a Vocabulary Notebooks

These are the best 5 apps to keep a vocabulary notebook

#1 Evernote

Evernote is an app that you can use to capture, organize, and share notes from anywhere.

Your best ideas are always with you and always in sync. This means that you can take and check your vocabulary notebook everywhere and you can even share it with others.

Collaboration can be a wonderful thing when it comes to learning languages.

#2 Quizlet

Quizlet is a tool that  many teachers use  to introduce vocabulary and  test their students you can create different sets for different types of vocabulary.

You can use Quizlet to test how many new words you have learned recently.

Quizlet have some games that

#3 Google Keep

Google Keep makes it easy to capture a thought or list for yourself, and share it with friends and family.

You can write down new words and try to learn them in your free time.

#4 OneNote

OneNote is set up like a notebook to bring the familiar physical 3-ring binder to the digital era. Easily use sections and pages to separate out thoughts by theme at school, home or work.

#5 DropBox

Dropbox Paper is  an app to create new docs or edit existing ones, and share them with your classmates  from the app, so you can capture inspiration wherever you are.

#6 TinyCards

TinyCards is a great app to submit words and learn them later.

You can create sets of words, check the pronunciation and answer some simple questions to make sure that you remember them.

How to Organize Your Vocabulary Notebook

There are several  ways in which you can organize your vocabulary notebook, these are some of the most common ones:

  1. Parts of the Speech: You can  organize your vocabulary using the following categories:
    • Verbs
    • Pronouns
    • Adverbs
    • prepositions
    • Nouns
    • Conjunctions
    • Interjections
    • Adjectives
  2. Word Families: When you learn a new words, you can learn some of the words related to that one, for example:
    • photo
    • photograph
    • photographer
    • photographic
  3. Lexical Sets: If you learn a term, learn some words related to that topic or subtopic for example:
    • Trees
    • Leaves
    • Branches
    • Grass

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Manuel Campos, English Professor

Manuel Campos

I am Jose Manuel, English professor and creator of EnglishPost.org, a blog whose mission is to share lessons for those who want to learn and improve their English