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Learn a language from what you love. Practical guides with methods that work with any tool, and how Zollang does it.

  • Comprehensible input, explained honestly

    What comprehensible input means, where the idea comes from, what research supports and questions about it, and how to use it with content you love.

  • Learn a language from articles you care about

    How to learn a language by reading articles you'd read anyway: pick the right ones, read for meaning, listen to them, keep the words and talk about them.

  • Learn a language with your own texts

    The texts in your life (emails, recipes, homework, song lyrics, notes from work) are perfect learning material. Here's how to turn them into lessons.

  • Learn a language with YouTube: a method that works

    How to learn a language from YouTube videos you actually enjoy: choose the right videos, watch actively, keep the words and speak about them.

  • Spaced repetition: remember the words you learn

    Why we forget, how spacing out reviews helps you remember, how the SM-2 schedule works, and how to use spaced repetition without letting it take over.

  • Speaking from day one: why, and how

    Why speaking early helps you learn a language, what research says for and against it, and how to start speaking from your very first lesson.