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Learn a Language, the Evidence Way

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Honest hours, words that stay, input you understand and speaking from week one: the methods language research supports, for any language.

2h 58m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Set a CEFR target and plan the honest hours it takes

02Build vocabulary that stays with retrieval and spacing

03Choose input you understand and train your ear with the right subtitles

04Speak from week one and get feedback that fixes mistakes

Every lesson of Learn a Language, the Evidence Way

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1What It Really TakesFree · 3 lessons
  1. How long does a language take?Estimate the hours a language takes with the US Foreign Service Institute's figures, and plan your pace.12 min
  2. Am I too old?Understand what age really changes in language learning, and what it doesn't.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: pick a level and a reasonChoose a concrete target on the CEFR scale and a situation that makes it real.11 min
Level 2Words That StayMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Which words first?Prioritize high-frequency words and see how many you need to understand real texts.12 min
  2. Test yourself, don't rereadUse retrieval practice for vocabulary, and know which popular tricks work less well.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: a review system that runs itselfSet up a spaced review system you can keep for months.12 min
Level 3Input You UnderstandMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Input you can almost understandChoose reading and listening material at the right difficulty, and know how many unknown words that means.12 min
  2. Subtitles, and how to listenUse target-language subtitles and repeated listening to train your ear.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: your weekly inputPlan how many hours of reading and listening you'll get each week, and a year.11 min
Level 4Speak and WriteMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Speak from week oneStart speaking early with prepared phrases for your situations.12 min
  2. Feedback that fixes mistakesAsk for the kind of correction that works best.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: keep the conversation goingUse strategies that keep a conversation alive when you get stuck.12 min
Level 5Your Language SystemMembership · 3 lessons
  1. A daily routine that covers everythingDesign a daily routine that combines review, input and output.12 min
  2. Beat the intermediate plateauRecognize the intermediate plateau and push past it with harder input and targeted practice.11 min
  3. Capstone: your language planCombine your goal, hours, vocabulary system, input, output and feedback into one plan.14 min
FREE

Level 1 is open.

Membership opens every other level of this path.

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AFTER THE CORE

Keep going where this path leads.

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