How to start
For some languages we have prepared resources manually.
If yours is not in the list, it’s no problem. You’ll just spend your first lesson asking for recordings of any phrase you’ll need. This way you naturally build up the vocabulary you need, the whole philosophy of this app.
How to get phrases to practice on your app. (tap to expand)
You have two options to get phrases onto your phone:
- Open our prepared phrase sets
- Create phrases with a teacher
Option 1: Open existing phrase sets
We have prepared phrase sets for a number of languages.
Select your language from there and check the basic phrases. Open the phraseset, tap unlock, and now they’re unlocked and ready to be downloaded.
We can recommend to copy the link to the resources into a note that you can open on your computer and mobile. Then you have a place to go whenever you need new content or want to practice listening. We’ve also selected useful explanation videos.
Because we found out listening is as important as practicing phrases!
Why it works so well? By memorizing phrases, you internalize the structure. And you can automatically say correct things without thinking much.
Option 2: Create phrases with a teacher
You can also start directly with a friend or teacher to build a personalized vocabulary. Do this if we don’t have content for your language yet, or later if you want to learn how to talk about any topic.
Friends are free but you rely on goodwill. Teachers are easy to book: you just pay and schedule a private lesson.
In just 40 minutes of talking you can record enough phrases for one week.
- Each recording is personal. Find your own voice and humour!
- Adapts automatically to your level and needs.
- Practice only with correct pronunciation by humans.
If you really want to learn a language, it’s the easiest to just book 5 lessons with a teacher on iTalki.
With this friend referral link above, you get worth 5€ worth of extra credits if you spend more than 20€, and we get 10€ :).
With friends, use an alarm for 40 minutes, and plan the next lesson directly. You have to push them and get an agreement to really help you.
If you have an online lessons, teachers can upload a phraseset and send you a link to download them. We have a link to send them that explains it all:
How to practice listening
It’s super important to practice your listening skills as well! No teacher can give you an intuition for the language. Only exposure to a lot of natural speech can. So therefore we have selected the best resources for several languages. For example:
Our recommended content in Spanish
Open the links above to get started alone, or join a full program with two emails per week and let us guide you on a step-by-step journey.
We researched. And experimented. And built. And talked to experts. And tried it. And traveled. For 8 years. And only then was it good enough to share it with you.