Learn vocabulary with TV5MONDE

Vocabulary from authentic videos

From a video, you can work on your comprehension using the exercises. In the exercises tab, you can answer questions such as :

• Who is speaking?
• Where and when is it happening?
• What do you understand about the subject?

Some videos come with a selection of words in the vocabulary tab, so you can focus on the lexicon used in the video using games.

To work on vocabulary in context, you can choose from several types of game:

• in the quizzes, recognize a word in writing and match it with its definition or translation
• in listening games, recognize a spoken word and associate it with its definition or translation
• in the correction games, find the missing letter of a word to revise your spelling.

In addition to the games, you always benefit from a transcript and subtitles with the video. Try watching the videos without subtitles to improve your vocabulary more effectively and learn to recognize a word within a sentence.

To make learning easier, each word is accompanied by a simple definition and a context illustrating the use of the word, as well as a translation in 9 languages:

• German
• English
• Arabic
• Korean
• Spanish
• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Vietnamese

Everyday vocabulary

In addition to words from authentic videos, you can choose to learn lexical fields from everyday life or around specific themes.

Fruits and vegetables, animals, modes of transport, the world of health or the media... It's up to you to choose according to your interests.

An algorithm for efficient vocabulary memorization

Learning vocabulary with TV5MONDE is based on repetition at more or less frequent intervals. This technique, inspired by the "Leitner system", is managed automatically by an algorithm.

The words you learn are stored in your personal space. Words you don't know well appear more often than others. The questions are adapted to your knowledge to encourage long-term memorization.

To consider a word mastered, you'll need to answer several questions correctly, over a period of several weeks.

Going further

There are many ways to learn words and expressions in a foreign language. We suggest some of them in our help pages.

• How to memorize words and expressions learned in an exercise
• Tips for memorizing new words