Users of Word Tutor, including my daughter, have made a number of suggestions about ways to improve the application in later releases.
Here is a list of suggestions that have been made:
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Paste of a list of words into a wordlist
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Merging of wordlists
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Drag and drop words between wordlists
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Import words (and pronunciations/phrases) from a text file
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Thumbs up/Thumbs down buttons for quick feedback
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Use of WordNet to automatically supply sample phrases for English words
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Included dictionary to ensure words are spelt correctly
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Support for non-English languages
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Configure number of words in a test
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Keep track of mastered and problem words
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Track difficulty ratings of words between runs
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Send bug report if previous run crashed
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Optionally exclude mastered words from future practice drills
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Generate practice drill including problem words from previous drill
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Optionally use only problem words in a practice drill
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Student profiles that independently track progress
If you have any suggestions about how to improve the application - or a preference of which features should appear in the next release - then please contact me with your thoughts.