Writing
Notes on how language is actually learned — the science of reading, vocabulary, and memory — and how we think about building a serious tool for it. We cite our sources and try to be honest about what the evidence does and doesn't show.
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Method
Reading is the engine, not the whole car
Reading-first input is the most efficient way to build comprehension and vocabulary — and it isn't enough on its own. An honest accounting.
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Method
The 95% rule: why difficulty is the whole game
To read comfortably you need to know almost every word on the page. That fact — and the volume it implies — is the heart of reading-based learning.
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History
The idea is older than the app
Mixing two languages inside one text has a fifty-year pedigree and a respectable theory — and thinner evidence than its fans admit. We tell you both.
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Method
What a flashcard can't teach you
Spaced repetition is real and powerful — and a flashcard still teaches one thin slice of a word. Reading delivers most of the spacing for free.