目前市面上有很多幫助英文學習的軟體，其主要功能為提供英文學習資料和測驗，內容以單字和文法為主。這些英文學習軟體可以達到輔助學習的功能，加強使用者的記憶力，讓使用者更快學會英文。但是目前大部分的軟體在使用者學習狀態的查閱、學習資料管理這兩方面有改善的空間，並且略嫌單調。我們的英文學習軟體針對這些部分進行改進，其特色包含：(1)可以在測驗時撥放自己喜歡的影片(可以用電腦裡存放的影片或從YouTube連結)，提高大家使用本軟體的興趣。(2)兩階段複習功能：針對人類的遺忘特性設計，可以自動找出目前該複習的部分，再次複習後可增強記憶力。(3)本軟體可以只針對目前不會的部分做加強，不用每次都複習全部的單字。(4)四種資料排列方式：照字母排列、最近答錯、最久未測、只顯示自己標記過的資料；方便找到不熟的部分。(5)測驗中答錯時會出現該題的解說，且可以在原有的解說之外額外增加自己的心得或是記憶法。(6)單字表中可以設定隱藏英文或隱藏中文，不用像看實體書時要用東西遮住。用處包含在遮蔽狀態列印下來的畫面可當作測驗卷。(7)可以點選單字之後按一鍵就連到第三方線上字典。

Many application programs can help people learn English, and their main function is to provide English-learning materials and tests. The main contents of applications are vocabulary and grammar. Although the programs can assist users in learning English and help them remember items learned, the programs need to be improved in three aspects: (1) making the learning process enjoyable, (2) monitoring the student’s learning state, and (3) effectively managing and presenting study materials. Embedding the three aspects in an English-learning application has its advantage. The resulting program can thus attract people to use it for a long time, and make the learning process more effective.
In order to address these needs, we have developed an English-learning application with the following features.
1. It allows us to play movies, which are stored in the computer or downloaded from YouTube, to make using this software enjoyable.
2. It is designed in accordance with people’s forgetting curve, and can find the parts that need to be reviewed, which helps the user in retaining those parts in the memory.
3. This software can focus on the part you have not mastered so that you do not have to review all the words every time.
4. It is easy to find the parts unfamiliar to you owing to the flexible sorting capability; for example, words can be ordered based on latest wrong answers or the longest untested words. Currently, four present orders are available.
5. When the answer to a question is wrong, an explanation can be shown. Moreover, one can put some notes and add learning thoughts and mnemonics to the explanation.
6. One can set the program to hide either the English words or corresponding Chinese, unlike when one reads a book and needs to use something to cover the answers or some of the words. The hiding function can be used for testing without given choices.
7. One can choose to connect to an online, third-party dictionary.

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