Articles
Guides to learning words: flashcards, spaced repetition, and how Miji makes both take less work.
Guides
- What Is Spaced Repetition, and How Does It Work?
Spaced repetition explained in plain English: why you forget, why growing gaps between reviews fix it, and the easy way to use it on iPhone.
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- What Is the Leitner System, and Does It Still Work?
The Leitner system explained: the boxes, the rules, what it gets right, where it breaks down by hand, and what an app does instead.
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- What Is the Forgetting Curve, and How Do You Beat It?
The forgetting curve explained: what Ebbinghaus measured, what a modern repeat of his study found, and how to stop new words slipping away.
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How-to
- Why Flashcard Accuracy and Retention Statistics Disagree
Use a fictional review log to understand different success percentages, check what each counts, and decide whether your practice needs changing.
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- How to Choose the Right Dictionary Meaning
Find the meaning that fits your sentence using grammar and context. Try a bank sorting exercise with clues and an answer key.
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- How to Use a Dictionary to Learn English Words
A dictionary teaches a word only if you come back to it. How to read a whole entry, and the simplest way to review what you looked up.
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- How to Use Spaced Repetition for Vocabulary
Five steps for learning new words with spaced repetition: save the words you meet, ask them both ways, and let an app choose the day.
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- How to Learn English Words from TV Shows and Movies
Catch the word that stopped you: subtitles on, pause, read the meaning, save it, and answer it again over the next days.
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- How to Learn English Vocabulary Fast
The fast way to learn English words: choose fewer words, answer them from memory, and stretch the gap before each next answer.
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Alternatives
- The Best Anki Alternatives for iPhone
The best Anki alternatives for iPhone, sorted by who makes your flashcards, with Miji for the English words you look up.
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Best-of lists
- The Best Spaced Repetition Apps for iPhone (2026)
The best spaced repetition apps for iPhone, judged by how each one times your reviews, with Miji for the English words you look up.
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- The Best Apps to Learn English Vocabulary (2026)
The best English vocabulary apps, sorted by where your words come from, with Miji for the ones you look up and forget.
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- The Best Apps to Learn English Offline (2026)
Which English apps work with no connection, taken from what each app's own store page claims, plus Miji's offline dictionary and practice.
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