To help young learners whose native language is Spanish or Chinese, WILD allows some level of lookup by Spanish or Chinese directly in the lookup box.
For example, if you type in the Spanish word “lunes” and click the search button, the equivalent English entry will be displayed:
The same lookup method works for Chinese support as well.
Please note:
1. Cognates in Spanish could trigger a spelling check in English. In other words, when a user tries to type in a Spanish word that has a similar spelling to an English word, the system will display auto-correct suggestions.
2. False cognates could also cause some confusion, but we hope that, in WILD, these kinds of words are rare.