Your material

Learn from what you were going to read anyway.

A textbook text is written for nobody in particular. The email in your inbox, the book page on your desk, the podcast you have meant to hear for ages — those are the words you actually need.

Bring it in whatever shape it is

Paste it, upload a PDF or Word file, photograph a page, or upload a recording to be transcribed.

  • Text
  • PDF / Word
  • Photo
  • Audio

It tells you first how much you will understand

PDF article_climate.pdf · 412 words

You will understand about this much

81%

Municipalities are grappling with the trade-off between emissions targets and the cost of retrofitting housing.

  • + grapple with
  • + trade-off
  • + retrofit

The exercises come out of your text

Key expressions become exercises: comprehension from memory, recall, then the same words in a speaking situation.

  1. 01Comprehension from memory
  2. 02Recall
  3. 03Speaking situation

And they stay yours

Every expression lands in your dictionary — with its status, your own note and a translation.

  • trade-offunderstood
  • grapple withrecognised
  • retrofitseen

Find out where you actually stand

A short placement test, then the first session is planned for the level you are really at.