The NGSL Project Store

Although all of our wordlists and the vast majority of our online teaching, learning and content-development tools are 100% open source and free, many ELT publishers and online learning companies are making use of NGSL lists to create their own commercial language learning products. Below are ones we have made ourselves or know about and would recommend. If you have made an app or language learning product where an NGSL wordlist plays a key role and would like to be listed here, please contact me at charlie@charlie-browne.com or use the contact form at the bottom of the NGSL Project home page.

Our stuff.

  • In Focus EFL Textbook Series

    In Focus is a new 4-level EFL textbook series put out throughKinseido Publishing to teach the NGSL and NAWL through reading, discussion and critical thinking skills activities. In Focus 1, 2 and In Focus Academic 1 were published in November 2023, with In Focus Intro slated to be released by 2024. More information about the series can be found here..

  • Fast Forward EFL Textbook Series

    Fast Forward to Fluency 2 is the first of a 4 volume series of EFL textbooks published by Abax which are designed to systematically teach the NGSL through contextualized readings, videos and online learning activities. A direct link to the publisher page for this volume is here.

  • TOEIC Vocabulary Workbook Series

    The TOEIC Intensive Vocabulary Prep Workbooks are a series of 3 workbooks designed to systematically teach the entire TOEIC Service List (TSL), developing multiple aspects of word knowledge from receptive to productive. We are currently self-publishing these through Amazon.com but expect to also be offering these through ELT Publishers in the near future.

  • Word-Learner Gamified App

    The Word-Learner app is a powerful tool for learning the various NGSL wordlists. Far beyond simple spaced-repetition flashcards, the app (for both iOS and Android) offers gamified learning of words through 8 different activities, vocabulary testing, a full LMS to track students progress, a 90k proprietary learners dictionary in 12 different languages. A link to the app is here.

Our friends’ stuff.

  • UFC English-medium Fitness Facility

    UFC Gym Japan hired Charlie Browne Company Inc. to develop the Fitness English List (FEL) so that their fitness classes and materials could be conducted in easy English. We also helped develop the pedagogy and content for their children’s English classes which makes extensive use of our New Dolch Word List (NDL). A link to their site is here.

  • EnglishCentral Online Learning Platform

    EnglishCentral is a company that has made extensive use of all of our wordlists, both teaching them systematically in a contextualized way through authentic video and also as a way to grade the difficulty of the 20k+ videos on their site. Charlie Browne Company Inc. helped to develop their basic pedagogy include their “Watch, Learn, Speak” approach. EnglishCentral has recently added a ChatGPT-powered chatbot to help students to master the NGSL words in the videos. A link to their site is here.

  • EdulinX Online Learning Company

    EdulinX is a large, international online language and corporate training company. EdulinX recently hired the research arm of Charlie Browne Company Inc to upgrade the pedagogy and approach of their WallStreet Journal online courses including the systematic use of our NGSL and BSL wordlists. A link to their site is here.