Tribbit courses: choose a starting point and review
Choose a Tribbit vocabulary course by its actual words, follow the level map, and use word cards and the learning calendar to plan your next review session.
Updated 2026-11-14
Start a Tribbit course by checking the words you want to practise, then use the level map to continue through that course. After a matching round, return to uncertain words with pronunciation and examples rather than judging your vocabulary only by how far you moved on the map.
Decide what this session is for
Choose a concrete task before opening a course. You might want to recognise everyday objects, revisit words from a school unit or check vocabulary you have encountered in reading. These goals call for different starting points. A familiar course name can help you browse, but the actual words and their meanings tell you whether the practice fits.
If you are studying from a textbook, keep the physical book beside you. Compare the edition label, grade, semester and current unit with the course entry. If you are using an international course, inspect its vocabulary before deciding that the CEFR label describes your own language level. A course label organises material; it does not replace an assessment of reading, listening or speaking.
Check which courses appear
On iOS, the simplified-Chinese interface displays Chinese and international course tracks. Other interface languages display the international track. A learner looking for a Chinese school book should therefore check the interface language as well as the course picker. The catalog as a whole is different from the menu visible in a particular language.
For school practice, identify the book before selecting the unit. A publisher label alone may not distinguish the book you are using. Compare unit names and example words, and return to your teacher’s requirements if the lists differ. The textbook selection guide explains how to make that comparison without assuming that similarly named editions are interchangeable.
Learn the matching rule
A group consists of one English word tile and two clues with the same meaning. Clues can be pictures, definitions or colours. Before selecting a group, explain what each clue represents. This helps distinguish recognising meaning from merely remembering where a tile appeared.
If the board feels difficult, separate uncertainty about the game from uncertainty about vocabulary. You might understand the word while still learning how to manage the tiles. Conversely, clearing a group through elimination does not necessarily mean you can explain its word. Use that difference to choose what to review after the round.
Follow the map with a review task
The course map gives you a route through levels. Choose a level in the course you intended to study, play a round and notice which words required guessing. Normal, Hard and Expert are game difficulties. Selecting a difficulty is a way to adjust the game challenge, rather than a direct measure of your overall English proficiency.
Before moving on, select a word whose meaning or sound was uncertain. Decide whether it needs a pronunciation check, an example sentence or recall without clues. That small decision connects progress on the map with a specific learning task. Simply repeating a familiar matching pattern may leave the original uncertainty unresolved.
Use cards and the calendar together
Open a word card to hear pronunciation and read its IPA, meaning and bilingual examples. Read the example for the meaning used in that sentence, then hide the answer and explain the word yourself. If spelling is the problem, write it from memory and compare the result with the card.
The learning calendar and past-session word review help you return to earlier practice. Use them to find words that still need attention. A date on the calendar records practice; it does not show that every word from that session can be recalled independently. For a focused routine, see word-card review.
Where to practise
Tribbit combines meaning matching, course maps, pronunciation cards and review of earlier sessions. Download it using the iOS, Android or HarmonyOS store links on the app page, choose a course that fits your current task and keep a short list of words to revisit.