On Friday, Jan. 31, co-founder of Philadelphia-based company Sixty Vocab Kim Ramirez  will meet with Temple’s head of the foreign language department, Louis Mangione. Kara Gualrapp of Sixty Vocab will join in the meeting.

Sixty Vocab provides online foreign language learning for those learning English as a second language. Its name is derived from the notion that after learning 2,000 words, a speaker will know 60 percent of a language. The company uses computer game-like activities to help English learners grasp conversational vocab.

Those who use Sixty Vocab must guess what a word is in seven seconds after seeing, hearing and typing the word. After the guess correctly, they will see the word less. This memorization principle is the basis of Sixty Vocab’s instruction.

Ramirez and Mangione will discuss Sixty Vocab’s Instructor Dashboard program. The program is intended to help professors be aware of student progress and knowledge in and outside of the classroom.