Learning languages – explained clearly
Methods, science and practice: how to learn a language through reading, listening and speaking – instead of drilling vocabulary.
Getting started
Learning to read foreign-language books: the best method
How to read foreign-language books from the very first page – without constantly reaching for the dictionary.
Read more →The best language-learning methods according to science
Comprehensible Input, Birkenbihl, Listening-Reading and Shadowing – an overview.
Read more →What is a bilingual reader? Formats, methods & apps
Parallel text, interlinear or sentence by sentence: how bilingual readers work, what the research says, and how to make your own books bilingual.
Read more →Guides & comparisons
LingQ alternative: read in flow, without clicking every word
A LingQ alternative that pre-translates your own books, videos and audio before you read – word for word, synced with audio.
Read more →Readlang alternative: your books & audio, pre-translated word by word
A Readlang alternative for your own books and audio: whole texts pre-translated word by word and sentence by sentence, synced with audio.
Read more →Interlinear reader: word-for-word reading for language learning
What an interlinear reader is, how it differs from parallel text and Bible tools, and how to interlinearize your own books.
Read more →The methods
The Birkenbihl Method: learn a language word by word
Decoding, active & passive listening – understand grammar intuitively, without drilling rules.
Read more →Listening-Reading (L-R) Method: Complete Guide
Listening-Reading (L-R) explained: how reading along with audio improves comprehension, what research says, and how to do it on one screen.
Read more →Comprehensible Input: learning like a child (Krashen)
The Input Hypothesis (i+1) – the scientific foundation behind everything.
Read more →Shadowing: how to train pronunciation and fluent speaking
Mumbling, choral reading, speaking half a second behind – including the rule: no pause at the end of a sentence.
Read more →Passive listening: why background listening works
Statistical learning & the golden rule: understand first, then listen in the background.
Read more →For your content
Learning languages with audiobooks: how it works
Listen, read along, speak along – turn any audiobook into your language course.
Read more →How the four steps work in detail is explained on the method page.