Do you use the Firefox web browser? Last week I found out about a plug-in that helps you learn vocabulary. It's not perfect every time (words with multiple meanings complicate things), but it helps. It's called
ming-a-ling.
After you install it, you can choose a word and ask it to substitute the word in the language you want to learn. For example, I can never remember the correct tone for mưa, so one of the words I've changed is "rain." Now, whenever a web page loads with the word "rain" on it,
ming-a-ling changes it to Vietnamese. For example, here's Yahoo's weather forecast for Hanoi tomorrow:
Tomorrow: Considerable cloudiness with occasional
mưa.
High 64F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of
mưa 50%.
It should work the same way with Vietnamese to English and the words you choose will show up in English when you read a Vietnamese web page.
If you're having trouble remembering a word, give
ming-a-ling a try.
