--- title: "Blog: English Vocabulary Learning Tips & Guides | VocaFlare" description: "English vocabulary flashcard techniques, TOEFL and IELTS vocabulary guides, and practical tips to help you speak English fluently." url: "https://vocaflare.com/en/blog" language: "en" --- # Blog The VocaFlare blog answers one question per post: how to make English words stick, how to keep talking when you freeze mid sentence, what to study at each CEFR level from A1 to C2. Every guide links to the free level test or to the level word lists, so it ends with something you can do the same day. ![How to Choose the Best English Learning Program: 7 Criteria](https://vocaflare.com/images/blogs/how-to-choose-english-learning-program/cover.jpg) 4 days ago Tips & Tricks ### [How to Choose the Best English Learning Program: 7 Criteria](https://vocaflare.com/en/blog/how-to-choose-the-best-english-learning-program) Hundreds of English learning programs, most of them copies of each other. 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Here is what vocabulary games train, what they miss, and how to build a week around both. ![Why Playing Games With Friends Teaches You a Language Faster](https://vocaflare.com/images/blogs/why-playing-games-with-friends-teaches-a-language/cover.jpg) 25 days ago Social & Communication ### [Why Playing Games With Friends Teaches You a Language Faster](https://vocaflare.com/en/blog/why-playing-games-with-friends-teaches-a-language) Benjamin Franklin learned Italian by playing chess. The winner assigned the loser a grammar task. Here is why that works and how to set it up. ![How to Memorize English Vocabulary: 9 Techniques That Actually Work (2026)](https://vocaflare.com/images/blogs/english-vocabulary-memorization-techniques/cover.jpg) a month ago Vocabulary ### [How to Memorize English Vocabulary: 9 Techniques That Actually Work (2026)](https://vocaflare.com/en/blog/how-to-memorize-english-vocabulary) Memorizing English vocabulary is not the hard part. Remembering it a week later is. 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