How to Use the Vocabulary Book: Save New Words and Let the System Automatically Schedule Reviews
One of the most common minor regrets when learning English is that new words are scattered everywhere. You underline them in textbooks, stick a row of sticky notes on your monitor, save a page in your phone's notes app, or close the dictionary app right after looking them up—you are very diligent when collecting them, but you rarely ever open them again.
What's more troublesome is that even if you want to review, you don't know which ones to look at first. Words you just learned, learned last week, and learned a month ago are all mixed together. Every time you review, you start from the beginning, spending the most time on words you already know well, while missing the ones you are actually about to forget.
There are two core problems: new words are scattered in too many places, and no one is scheduling the review order for you.
Centralize in One Place, Automate Review Scheduling
To solve these two issues, what you need is actually very simple: a single place to centralize all your new words, plus a review schedule that updates automatically.
This is exactly what the Vocabulary Book does. Any new words you collect from anywhere in Loopy will automatically go into the same vocabulary book. The system then uses the Forgetting Curve (which is the principle of spaced repetition) to calculate when each word should be reviewed next: words you just learned are scheduled more closely together, while the intervals for words you already know well are stretched out. You only need to review in the order scheduled by the system, without having to decide which ones to look at first.
For words that are due, you can also start practice with one click, using flashcards, dictation, spelling, etc., to truly commit them to memory. Once practiced, they are cleared from your due list. Collecting words, scheduling, and reviewing are all completed in one place.
How to Use It in Loopy
Step 1: Collect words from everywhere. Whether you are taking a course, looking up a dictionary, or reading an article, save any new word you want to remember into your vocabulary book. Words collected from all sources will be consolidated into the same book, so you don't have to manage them separately.
Step 2: Let the system schedule due dates. Once imported, the system will automatically use the forgetting curve to calculate the next review time for each word and organize the words due today into a due list. You don't need to schedule anything yourself; just open your vocabulary book to see "which words to review today."
Step 3: Start a practice list to clear reviews. Start practice sessions directly for the due words, answering in modes like flashcards, dictation, and spelling. For words you answer correctly, the system will push the next review time further out; words you are not familiar with yet will reappear sooner. Once you finish practicing, today's due list will be cleared.
Summary
The Vocabulary Book turns the old problem of "collecting everywhere and never looking back" into a steady rhythm of "centralized collection, system scheduling, and clearing when due." You are only responsible for saving new words when you encounter them, leaving the timing of reviews to the forgetting curve. Spend a few minutes each day clearing your due list, and the words you've learned will truly stick in your mind one by one.
Open your vocabulary book now, see which words are due today, and start a round of practice.