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Methods that actually get adults talking, phrasebooks for moving, working and travelling, and honest reviews of the courses, tutors and podcasts worth your time.
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Pick your language.
Start with one phrase you will really use this week, then dig into the guides.
Phrase of the week · Portuguese
Pode falar mais devagar?
Say it
POH-jee fah-LAR mize jee-vah-GAR
It means
Can you speak more slowly?
Brazilian Portuguese. Use it at the bank, the doctor or on the phone, anywhere people talk fast and you need a second.
Portuguese guides
First Portuguese guides coming soon. Pronunciation, phrasebooks and culture notes for Portuguese learners are on the way.
Phrase of the week · English
Could you spell that, please?
Say it
kud yoo SPEL that, pleez
It means
Pode soletrar, por favor?
A lifesaver for names, street names and email addresses, on the phone or at any front desk.
English guides
First English guides coming soon. Pronunciation, phrasebooks and culture notes for English learners are on the way.
Phrase of the week · Spanish
¿Me lo puede repetir?
Say it
meh loh PWEH-deh reh-peh-TEER
It means
Could you repeat that for me?
Polite usted form, safe with strangers, landlords and officials anywhere in the Spanish-speaking world.
Spanish guides
First Spanish guides coming soon. Pronunciation, phrasebooks and culture notes for Spanish learners are on the way.
Phrase of the week · French
Je cherche un appartement.
Say it
zhuh SHAIRSH uhn ah-par-tuh-MAHN
It means
I am looking for an apartment.
Your opener for every rental call or viewing, in France or in Quebec.
French guides
First French guides coming soon. Pronunciation, phrasebooks and culture notes for French learners are on the way.
Methods
How adults actually get to fluent.
Shadowing
Play a short native clip and speak along a half-second behind it. It trains rhythm and pronunciation at the same time.
Spaced repetition
Review words just before you would forget them. A few minutes a day beats a long weekly cram.
Comprehensible input
Listen and read a lot of material that is just slightly above your level, so you understand most of it.
Language exchange
Trade half an hour of your language for half an hour of theirs. Free, social and very real.
Immersion at home
Switch your phone, podcasts and shows to the target language, so practice happens without a schedule.
Talk to yourself
Narrate your day out loud. Every gap you hit becomes tomorrow’s word list.
First guides coming soon
Step-by-step guides to each method, with routines you can fit around work, are on the way.
Visit MethodsPhrasebooks
The words for the moments that matter.
Real situations from travel and a move abroad, each with pronunciation, what people will say back, and the polite version.
All phrasebooksFirst phrasebooks coming soon
Phrase lists for real situations, with pronunciation you can actually say, are being written now.
Resources
Tested before we tell you to pay for it.
First guides coming soon
Reviews of tutor platforms, podcasts, apps and graded readers for adult learners are on the way.