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A team of academic literacy researchers put Vocabulary.com to the test in a study of eleventh grade students using Vocabulary.com in classroom and after-school contexts along with other vocabulary-focused digital learning tools. The results, published in the prestigious, peer-reviewed Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, are unequivocal: Vocabulary.com boosts learning by creating a fun, engaging, and competitive experience where students are in control. Continue reading...

Did you ever think your 15 minutes (or at least 15 seconds) of fame would come via a vocabulary video? Now, here's your chance, with a vocabulary-in-video context sponsored by The New York Times Learning Network. Continue reading...

The SAT has been significantly revamped, and its old approach to vocabulary is a thing of the past. But students and teachers need not worry, as Vocabulary.com has prepared useful resources that provide a clear roadmap to get ready for the new test, which is being rolled out on March 5th, 2016. Continue reading...

It's summer reading season, a great time for vocabulary growth. One summer reading option, Carol Weston's Ava and Pip, a novel for young readers, takes engagement with words to a new level, introducing the concept of words as toys to be taken apart and shaken around before being put back together. Continue reading...

The official Vocabulary Bowl results are in. Did the students of North America beat last year's staggering statistics? Watch the final season roundup video for a recap of the final numbers, the Middle and High School Top Ten standings, the Division II and III champs, and — of course — the new Vocabulary Bowl Champion. Continue reading...

We love dramatic vocabulary moments in film and fiction, like this one in Veronica Roth's Insurgent, the second novel in the Divergent series, and we can only hope this dramatic introduction of the definition of insurgent (complete with part of speech!) it will make it into the Insurgent movie, coming to theaters this week. Continue reading...

Summer's the perfect time to chill out and level up. Whether you're preparing for a big exam, learning English, or just love discovering new words, Vocabulary.com makes it easy (and fun!) to build the vocabulary you need to succeed at your own pace, on your own time. Continue reading...

I had a lot of fun asking my social media community, friends and family about their word quirks, specifically words they've misread (and, thus, mispronounced). Everyone seems to have one or two — maybe more — of these. I found that they can sometimes be quite revealing. Continue reading...

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