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Notes on language learning, immersion, spaced repetition, and how Semantix helps you have real conversations in a new language.
Korean looks like the hardest possible start and has the easiest first step in language learning: an alphabet you can read in days. Here is why to learn it before anything else, and what comes after.
Read more →The two most-compared languages on the internet, on the measures that actually differ - and a method you can apply to any pair you are stuck between.
Read more →A1 to C1 in plain language: what you can do at each level, how long each one really takes, and why placement tests should err low rather than flatter you.
Read more →Korean verbs don't care who is speaking. Finnish has no future tense. Russian's past tense agrees with your gender. If your app drills six pronoun slots for every language, it is teaching you Spanish grammar wearing a costume.
Read more →The honest answer is smaller than you think, and it depends far more on WHICH words than how many. Here are the real numbers behind the A1-to-C1 vocabulary we ship.
Read more →Flashcards build a list of words you can recognize. Conversation builds a language you can actually use. Here's why Semantix puts talking first - and where flashcards still earn their keep.
Read more →Spaced repetition isn't magic - it's a simple algorithm reacting to one thing: how hard each review felt. Here's SM-2, the engine behind Semantix's flashcards, explained without the jargon.
Read more →You don't have to move abroad to learn by immersion - and you don't have to wait until you're 'ready' either. Here's how Semantix makes immersion the starting line, not the reward.
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