VocabBoost

Productivity

Version: 0.0.0.13

Last Update: 2021-04-18

Overview

VocabBoost is a Chrome extension developed by because_curious. According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of VocabBoost is 0.0.0.13, updated on 2021-04-18.
1,000+ users have installed this extension. 7 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .

Boost your language learning. Make a language test out of any website:
* Learn relevant vocabulary from stuff you love!
* Make the…

Boost your language learning. Make a language test out of any website:
* Learn relevant vocabulary from stuff you love!
* Make the Internet your own exercise book!
* Learn new words on your own terms!

How to make a test:
1) Open a website
2) Select the text with your mouse
3) Right click
4) Choose "Make a test"
5) If you think the test is too hard, click "Show choices". You can drag the words into the test.
6) Once you are ready to grade, click "Check answers".
7) If you want to see all answers, click "Show answers".
8) To make a new test, please refresh the page.

This extension supports all languages (including Japanese, but excluding Chinese and Korean).
This is a free beta version.
Please provide your feedback via https://vocabboost.online/feedback.

Rating

7 ratings

Total Installs

1,000+

Information

Last Update

2021-04-18

Current Version

0.0.0.13

Size

90.57KiB

Author

because_curious

Website

None

Category

Productivity

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Latest Reviews


Cindy Leibel 2021-02-25 As an ESL instructor, I'm always looking for more tools that my students can use to help with their learning. This tool is very easy to use and is quite accessible. I find that the fill-in-the-blank/cloze answers are great for students who also want to practice their inference skills, and the availability of drag-and-drop answers is also helpful. As the other review mentions, the words selected sometimes feel a bit arbitrary, but I'm willing to overlook that for the ease of practice and accessibility this will offer to my students.
Maya Shlayen 2021-02-25 This extension works technology-wise, but isn't helpful for actually learning a language. The idea is to create an immediate fill-in-the-blank test based on some text that you chose yourself. But so what? Let's say I highlight a sentence like this: "I will go to the mall to buy a new pair of jeans." You don't get to chose which word will get blanked out - the extention might blank out "I", which isn't exciting for anyone who isn't a total beginner in a language. Also, in this example, there are other words that would make perfect sense here, instead of "I": we, you, etc... correctly guessing "I" in this sentence doesn't give you anything. It doesn't help reinforce any grammatical concepts (since English doesn't have lots of verb conjugations) or anything else. The idea of using fill-in-the-blanks is good one, but you can do that in Anki by creating cloze deletion sentences (Google it). Yes, it will take you 2 extra seconds to copy/paste something into Anki, but you get to chose what gets blanked out (based on your level and what you actually need to learn/repeat).
Horace Johnson 2021-02-08 This extension is awesome! I just highlight the text that I want to practice and right-click to "make a test", and BOOM I have a beautiful fill-in-the-blank practice quiz that I can type my answers into, or even click "show options" and drag-and-drop words from the pre-made word bank. It's nice to see my correct answers in green, and the wrong ones in read. This is awesome practice for learning a language or using it to quiz myself on texts for comprehension! From a busy college student: Thanks, Vocabboost!
Cindy Leibel 2021-02-25 As an ESL instructor, I'm always looking for more tools that my students can use to help with their learning. This tool is very easy to use and is quite accessible. I find that the fill-in-the-blank/cloze answers are great for students who also want to practice their inference skills, and the availability of drag-and-drop answers is also helpful. As the other review mentions, the words selected sometimes feel a bit arbitrary, but I'm willing to overlook that for the ease of practice and accessibility this will offer to my students.
Maya Shlayen 2021-02-25 This extension works technology-wise, but isn't helpful for actually learning a language. The idea is to create an immediate fill-in-the-blank test based on some text that you chose yourself. But so what? Let's say I highlight a sentence like this: "I will go to the mall to buy a new pair of jeans." You don't get to chose which word will get blanked out - the extention might blank out "I", which isn't exciting for anyone who isn't a total beginner in a language. Also, in this example, there are other words that would make perfect sense here, instead of "I": we, you, etc... correctly guessing "I" in this sentence doesn't give you anything. It doesn't help reinforce any grammatical concepts (since English doesn't have lots of verb conjugations) or anything else. The idea of using fill-in-the-blanks is good one, but you can do that in Anki by creating cloze deletion sentences (Google it). Yes, it will take you 2 extra seconds to copy/paste something into Anki, but you get to chose what gets blanked out (based on your level and what you actually need to learn/repeat).