English Monsters — Learn 3,000 Curriculum Words by Catching Monsters
800 elementary, 1,200 middle school and 1,000 high school words from Korea's national curriculum, 20 a day. Learn them on word cards, then catch monsters in a 10-question hunt. Spaced review, boss battles and 127 irregular verbs. No ads, no purchases
한국어로 읽기 영어 몬스터 — 교육부 기본 어휘 3,000단어를 몬스터를 잡으며 익히는 영단어 앱
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English Monsters: Vocab Hunt — learn the 3,000 basic words of Korea’s national English curriculum and 127 irregular verbs by catching monsters. No ads, no purchases, no sign-up. Korean and English screens.
The Google Play release is still in review. Until it clears, you can try the browser version right away.
About the App
This is the third monster app, after Hangul Monsters and Math Monsters. This time it is English words: every word you get right catches one more monster.
The word list is the 3,000 basic vocabulary words of the 2022 revised English curriculum published by Korea’s Ministry of Education, used as is. 800 elementary words (Day 1-40), 1,200 middle school words (Day 41-100) and 1,000 high school words (Day 101-150) are split into 20 words a day, 150 days in all. We wrote the meanings and example sentences ourselves and cross-checked them several times.
How It Works
- Learn: pick a Day and flip through 20 word cards. Each card has the meaning, part of speech and an example sentence. The word is read aloud when the card appears, and the 🔊 button plays the example sentence
- Hunt: answer 10 questions to catch 10 monsters. Questions mix picking the meaning, picking the word, listening and choosing, and spelling the word with letter tiles. You have 3 hearts
- Escaped Monsters: words you miss come back the next day, after 3 days and after 7 days. Get them right all the way through and they graduate
- Boss battles: clear 5 Days to open a 20-question boss battle
- Stars: the hearts you have left at the end of a round become your stars
Features
- All 3,000 basic curriculum words, split into Elementary, Middle and High school tabs
- Irregular verbs course: learn 127 verbs over 6 days in their base, past and past participle forms, then take on the Verb King boss
- A monster collection with 187 slots: 150 Day monsters, 30 bosses and 7 irregular verb monsters
- Every word and example sentence is read aloud in natural-sounding English
- Made for kids: no ads, no purchases and no sign-up
- Word meanings and example translations are in Korean, made for Korean-speaking learners. The app runs in Korean and English
Gameplay Video
Download
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fadongkwon.english_monsters (opens in a new tab) (in review)
- Play in your browser: fadongkwon.com/play/english-monsters/ — no install needed, works on phones, tablets and desktops. Progress is saved in this browser only.
The sibling apps Hangul Monsters and Math Monsters are here too, and all of our kids’ learning apps are collected on the Learning Apps for Kids page.
I post updates here and on Instagram (@fadongkwon.soft) (opens in a new tab).