How to Use Loopy
Step-by-step guides to every Loopy learning feature — sentence structure, shadowing scores, dictation, the memory curve, phonics and prosody training — so you get the most out of each tool.
How to Use Vocabulary Mode: Mark Words as Known or Unfamiliar and Let the Forgetting Curve Schedule Your Reviews
Constantly forgetting the vocabulary words you study and unsure when to review them? Loopy's Vocabulary Mode turns key words from lessons into flashcards. Simply mark them as 'Mastered' or 'Struggling,' and the system will use the forgetting curve to bring them back for review just as you're about to forget them. This article will show you how to get started in three easy steps.
How to Use the Vocabulary List: Collect New Words and Let the System Automatically Schedule Reviews
Do you write down new words in textbooks, sticky notes, or phone memos, only to rarely look at them again? Loopy's vocabulary list gathers the new words you've collected from everywhere in one place, and even uses the forgetting curve to automatically schedule the next review time for each word, allowing you to start practice with just one click when they are due. This article will teach you how to get it up and running in three steps.
Take Notes While Listening: Timestamped Notes Let You Jump Back to the Exact Sentence with One Click During Review
Ever written down 'I don't understand this part' during a lesson, only to forget which exact sentence it was when reviewing? Loopy's timestamped notes let you attach your questions directly to the sentence where they happen. During review, simply click to jump back and listen to that exact sentence again, helping you clear up every point of confusion one by one.
Unlocking Simultaneous Shadowing: Interpreter-Level Speaking Training to Listen and Speak Concurrently
Can you read individual sentences smoothly, but keep stumbling when putting a whole paragraph together? Simultaneous shadowing is an advanced shadowing method: without pausing the audio, you lag behind by about a second, listening and speaking at the same time. This article teaches you how to use Loopy to progress from regular shadowing to simultaneous shadowing, forcing your brain to automate and master rhythm and weak forms.
How to Practice Common Words: Master the Reference, Challenge, and Statistics Modes
The most frequently occurring words are, ironically, often the ones we spend the least time seriously practicing. This article will guide you through Loopy's Common Words training—from recognizing words on the Reference page and answering custom-range questions in the Review Challenge, to tracking your memory health on the Statistics page—so you can master the 250 words that support the bulk of your reading at a single glance.
How to Use the Review Center: Master the Today, Custom, and Weakness Tabs in One Go
Are the things you've learned scattered all over, leaving you unsure of what to review? Loopy centralizes all your reviews in a single "Review Center," divided into three tabs: Today, Custom, and Weakness. This article will help you understand what each of these three tabs does and when to use them.
Practice Natural Intonation with the Read-Aloud Guide: Look at Prompts, Catch the Stress, and Speak in 3 Steps
When shadowing, do you always find that "the words are right, but it just doesn't sound quite right"? The problem often lies in not understanding the sentence's stress and intonation before you speak. This article will teach you how to use the Read-Aloud Guide in Loopy's shadowing mode to look at the prompts before speaking, transforming stiff, word-by-word reading into natural, fluent English.
How to Use the Prosody Guide: Listen to Examples, Record Yourself, and Compare by Ear
You know how to pronounce every word, but your full sentences still don't sound quite like a native speaker? The problem often lies in "prosody"—stress, intonation, and rhythm. This article teaches you how to use Loopy's prosody guide to listen to native speaker examples, record your own version, and compare them by ear to fine-tune your pronunciation.
How to Take the Placement Test: Find Out Your CEFR Level in 5 Minutes
Want to learn English but don't know which level you're at? Choosing lessons that are too difficult can be frustrating, while choosing ones that are too easy is a waste of time. This article shows you how to use Loopy's placement test to determine your CEFR level and skill distribution across six dimensions in just 5 minutes, letting the system recommend the perfect lessons and exercises for you.
How to Use Phonics Training: Sharpen Your Ears with Minimal Pairs
Do rice and lice, berry and very sound exactly the same? Many English sounds are nearly impossible for Asian learners to tell apart—if your ears can't hear the difference, your mouth will keep making the same mistakes. This article teaches you how to use Loopy's Phonics Training to hone your sound-distinguishing skills step-by-step, starting simply by choosing the correct word from two very similar options.
How to Use Word Formation Training: Piece Together Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes to Decipher Unfamiliar Words on the Spot
Memorizing words one by one and feel like you'll never finish even after an eternity? English words are actually put together from parts. This article teaches you how to use Loopy's word formation training to combine prefixes, roots, and suffixes, unlocking a whole string of words with a single part—so you can break down and guess the meaning of even unfamiliar words on the spot.
How to Take Online Listening Tests: Practice Full Exams for CAP and High School English Listening
Do you always practice listening with a few scattered questions at a time, only to realize the actual exam pace is completely different when you enter the test center? Loopy features actual public past exam papers from the Junior High School CAP and High School English Listening Exams. It plays the entire exam with the official original audio, allows you to answer online and check your answers automatically, and even saves your progress history. This article will teach you how to practice listening by 'taking full exams under official test specifications.'
Full-Lesson Review: Connect Everything You've Learned with the Full-Text Review Player
After breaking down a whole lesson to practice vocabulary, sentence meaning, dictation, and shadowing, it can often feel fragmented, lacking a sense of cohesion. This article will teach you how to use Loopy's Full-Text Review Player to listen to the entire lesson again from start to finish. With Chinese-English bilingual display and sentence-by-sentence playback, you can reconnect all the individual points you've practiced back into a complete, unified lesson.
Scan and Auto-Grade Exam Papers: AI Grades Your Work and Explains Your Mistakes in Chinese
After finishing an English test, the hardest part is often having no one to grade it. This article teaches you how to use Loopy's exam grading feature: just take a photo to upload and auto-grade, complete with detailed explanations in your native language. Incorrect questions are also scheduled for review, turning an ordinary test paper into valuable learning feedback.
How to Use Loopy Dictionary: Look Up Words, Listen to Pronunciations, and Save to Your Word List with One Click
The biggest frustration of looking up words is forgetting them immediately. Ordinary dictionaries only give you a single translation, which you close and forget, still failing to recognize the word the next time you see it. This article teaches you how to use Loopy Dictionary to make word lookup a seamless, all-in-one process—view multilingual definitions, listen to real human pronunciations, and save words to your vocabulary list with a single click, so the words you look up actually stick.
How to Use Dictation: Train Your Listening and Spelling Together, One Sentence at a Time
Recognizing a word in print but failing to hear it, or hearing it but spelling it wrong—these are two entirely different challenges. Loopy's dictation mode separates 'auditory recognition' and 'spelling' so you can practice them step-by-step. Listen to a sentence, spell it out, and instantly see which words you got wrong or which sounds you missed. This guide shows you how to use it.
How to Use the Daily Study List: Just Open It and Follow Along, the System Plans Your Day
Open the app every day but don't know what to practice first? The Daily Study List organizes "what you need to do today" into a single checklist—due reviews are sorted by the forgetting curve, combined with suggestions for new progress, allowing you to start with one click and auto-play. This article teaches you how to use it. Leave the decision-making to the system—all you need to do is follow along.
Look Up as You Read: Tap Any Word to See the Definition, Examples, and Pronunciation
When you come across an unfamiliar word while reading, having to switch to a dictionary app—and then losing your place when you come back—makes looking up words such a hassle that you might just give up entirely. Loopy lets you tap any English word directly in the text to instantly bring up its definition, example sentences, and pronunciation, without ever leaving the page. This article will show you how to use this feature, making looking up new words completely effortless.
Understanding Your Weekly Learning Report: Where You Improved This Week and What to Practice Next Week
Studying every day, but not sure if you're actually making progress? Every week, Loopy automatically generates a learning report for you, reviewing this week's efforts, highlighting your strengths and weaknesses, and giving you specific recommendations for next week—all in a warm, friendly teacher's tone. This article teaches you how to understand this report and turn scattered practice into visible progress.
Understanding Sentence Structure: Breaking Down Long Sentences into 'Backbone + Modifiers'
Struggling to understand English sentences once they get long? In fact, no matter how long a sentence is, it always has a single backbone, and the rest are just modifiers hanging off it. This article teaches you how to use Loopy's meaning mode to spot the skeleton of long sentences at a glance, shifting your approach from 'word-by-word deciphering' to 'reading by structure'.
Compare Waveforms: Spot the Difference Between Your Pronunciation and a Native Speaker's at a Glance
Do you ever finish shadowing and feel like your pronunciation sounds a bit "off," but you can't quite put your finger on why? Loopy's shadowing mode displays your voice waveform stacked vertically with the native speaker's model audio, turning abstract rhythm, stress, and pauses into visible shapes. This article will teach you how to read these two waveforms, spot the differences, and close the gap by re-recording.
How to Read the Knowledge Graph: See Your Strengths and Weaknesses on a Single Map
Have you learned tons of vocabulary, sentence structures, and grammar, yet still can't tell how much progress you've actually made? The Knowledge Graph visualizes your abilities as a map, with a six-dimensional radar chart showing your strengths and weaknesses at a glance, and your mastery of various knowledge points laid out clearly. This article will teach you how to read this chart, so you know exactly what to work on next.
How to Read Your Learning Dashboard: Grasp Your Streak, XP, and Today's Progress at a Glance
The hardest part of learning a language is often 'how to keep going,' while the content itself is secondary. Without immediate feedback, it's easy to lose momentum once life gets busy, and hard to restart once you stop. This article will help you understand Loopy's learning dashboard, turning your streak, XP level, and today's progress into your daily starting point and motivation.
Ask When You Don't Understand: Let AI Break Down a Specific Sentence for You in Chinese
Stuck on a particular sentence while reading, and even after looking up every word, you still can't piece together the meaning of the whole sentence, leaving you with no choice but to just skip it? Loopy's "Ask While Learning" feature lets you ask questions directly about that specific sentence, and AI will explain in your native language why it is written that way and what a word means in this context. This article will guide you through mastering this in three steps.
How to Use Shadowing Mode: Read Along with Native Speakers and Let AI Grade You
When practicing English speaking on your own, the biggest challenge is not knowing if your pronunciation is accurate. Loopy's Shadowing Mode lets you listen to native speaker demonstrations, record yourself, and get an AI breakdown of your performance across three scores: pronunciation, intonation, and fluency. You'll also receive real-time feedback and tips for improvement from Loopy the Duck. This article shows you how to use it.