• Word Stream is appropriate for lower-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermediate and advanced level users, aged 14+.
• Word Stream can be used as part of a self-study or classroom training program.
• Word Stream can be used to teach any vocabulary, from General English to English for Specific Purposes like business English or medical English.
• Users with specific needs can be targeted through customizable wordlists selected by reallyenglish or the client, or created from a customer's own wordlists.

• Two different courses offer either c.3 or 5 hours of study a week. The Standard course teaches 240 words and the Intensive teaches 400 words. Each course takes at least 12 weeks to complete.
• A guided learning program tells learners exactly what to do and when, so that they can concentrate purely on learning.
• Vocabulary is organized into easily-recognizable topics and automatically recycled at key points to ensure long-term retention.
• A variety of studying, reviewing and testing activities (covering meaning, spelling, and pronunciation) ensures learners are kept engaged.
• Personalized wordlists show each user what words they have studied, including the words they don't know which they should spend more time reviewing.
• A printable word bank gives detailed reference information on all words studied and includes audio and native language translations
• Learner training worksheets give students the skills to study vocabulary independently, even after the course is finished. Print-out automatically generated tests covering learned words.
• An email tutor mentoring system offers progress reports, advice and encouragement to motivate users.
• The flexible course schedule allows learners to fit studying into their busy schedules.
• Word Stream's extensive database of words can generate multiple courses, so that students can continue learning new vocabulary for as long as they want to.

• Study Zone
  The Study Zone focuses on teaching a topic of 10 words. Clear explanations in English and the learner's own language help students understand what a word means, how to write it, how to say it and how to use it. Learners then experiment using the new words before being given a quick test at the end of the lesson to show what they have learned.
  
  
• Review Zone
  The Review Zone becomes accessible a certain period of time after learners have studied a word. This time difference improves recall. Learners practice the meaning, spelling and pronunciation of words using a variety of engaging, interactive activities.
  
  
• Test Zone
  The Test Zone offers weekly Progress Tests to evaluate which words a learner knows. Words that users do not know are sent to a Problem Wordlist where they are regularly tested.
  
  
• Final Tests
  The course finishes with a series of Final Tests which assess all the vocabulary studied on the course.
  
  
• Completion
  Print your course completion certificate.
  
  

A PC which can be connected to the Internet (broadband connection recommended). Microsoft OS (Windows 2000, XP, Vista), Internet Explorer version 6 or above, the most recent version of Flash Player, Adobe Reader version 5 or above

Courses are created by selecting 24 or 40 sets of 10 vocabulary items (each set forming one lesson) from our extensive database. Custom courses can therefore be quickly developed from lists of vocabulary specific to an industry or course of study -- even to a book or manual!

Courses currently available include: