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Comprehensible input, what Krashen claimed and what the numbers say
You learn a language from messages you understand. The hard part is knowing how much you need to understand, and the research is surprisingly exact about it.
How long does it take to learn Spanish, counted in hours and words
The State Department says 30 weeks of full-time study. Here is what that means in hours, in words and in an ordinary week with a job.
How many words to be fluent in a language, and which ones count
The honest answer depends on what you want to understand. Research gives real numbers for reading and listening, and they are smaller than the myths.
How to memorize vocabulary so the words are still there next month
Most vocabulary is lost in the week after you learn it. Five findings from memory research show how to keep it, and none of them needs more hours.
The most common Spanish verbs and the forms you will actually see
Frequency lists agree on which verbs come first and disagree on the order. The reason is the forms, and the forms are what you meet on a page.
The most common Spanish words, and how far they really get you
A list of 1,000 words covers most of a page, yet you still cannot read with it. Here is why, which words fit your level and how to make them stick.
You forgot the word? Good, spaced repetition needs that
In spaced repetition a failed recall brings the word back to your pages, and that is the system working rather than failing.
Italian vocabulary for your partner’s family, one lunch at a time
The words that come up at the table, and how to meet them on your own pages before the next visit.
DELE vocabulary without adding extra hours to your week
Turn on School & exams and the swaps lean toward exam vocabulary, so your course can handle grammar while your everyday reading supplies the words.
NativeLingo vs Language Reactor, a reading alternative to subtitles
Language Reactor is built for Netflix and YouTube subtitles, while NativeLingo works on everything you read, and many people use both.
Making screen time count for a 13-year-old learning Spanish
Set it up once, pick A1 and let the homework tabs do the rest. Here is what a parent needs to know before installing.
NativeLingo vs Toucan, two extensions that swap words
Both put foreign words into the pages you read, and they differ in word forms, in the review and in what leaves your browser.
How many new words a day? What 5, 10 or 20 cost after a year
Picking how many new words to learn a day means picking minutes a day, so here is what each goal turns into once the reviews pile up.
“Dos libro” teaches you a mistake you will repeat for years
Plurals, tenses and gender decide whether a swapped word teaches you Spanish or a habit you will later have to unlearn.
Active recall beats tapping “I knew it”, and the research agrees
A 2008 study on active recall, and why our daily review asks you to write the word instead of grading yourself.
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