How Lingium works
Short chapters that get you talking.
Every chapter starts with a short explanation in your own language, then gets you practicing and listening. Topic chapters go further: you write in your own words, speak out loud and talk with an AI conversation partner that answers by voice.
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At the café
Inside a chapter
Every topic chapter builds up to a conversation.
Topic chapters cover all five skills and build up to an AI voice conversation. Grammar chapters focus on one grammar point and cover the first three.
Understand
A short explanation, in your own language.
Practice
Quick exercises with the new words and grammar.
Listen
Hear it spoken, then type what you hear.
Write
Put it into your own words.
Speak
Say it out loud, then talk it through with the AI.
Topic chapters
All five skills, built around one topic.
Understand
- Explanation
Practice
- Flashcards
- Dialog cards
- Memory game
- Word search
Most also have
- Fill in the gaps
- Put the words in order
Some also have
- Multiple-choice quiz
Listen
- Dictation
Write
- Free writing
Speak
- Listen and repeat
- Read aloud
- Speech cards
- Free speaking
- AI voice conversation
Grammar chapters
One grammar point, in three steps.
Understand
- Explanation
Practice
- Fill in the gaps
- Put the words in order
Listen
- Dictation
Write
In topic chapters
Speak
In topic chapters
Activity types
15 activity types, grouped by skill.
You never have to pick them. Each chapter brings the right mix, so new words come back in different ways before you move on.
5activity types
Speaking
Out loud, from A1 onward. Every topic chapter has all five.
AI voice conversation
Talk out loud, in real time, with an animated avatar that listens and answers by voice.
Free speaking
Answer a prompt in your own words, and the AI replies to what you said.
Listen and repeat
Repeat a sentence and see, word by word, what came out right.
Read aloud
Read a short passage out loud, in the language you are learning.
Speech cards
Say what is on the card and get a star rating.
2activity types
Listening and writing
Train your ear and your spelling, then write in your own words.
Dictation
Listen, then type exactly what you hear.
Free writing
Write a short text on the chapter topic and get an automatic score.
8activity types
Words and grammar
Learn new words, then see how the language fits together.
Explanations
Short, clear notes on the topic or grammar point, in your own language.
Fill in the gaps
Complete each sentence with the right word.
Put the words in order
Build the sentence from words that are mixed up.
Flashcards
Turn the card over and check that you know the word.
Dialog cards
See a word in example sentences, with audio and its pronunciation.
Memory game
Turn over the cards and find the matching pairs.
Word search
Find the hidden words in a grid of letters.
Multiple-choice quiz
Pick the right answer from a few options.
AI practice
An AI conversation partner that talks back.
Speaking is the hardest part to practice alone. So every topic chapter gives you an AI conversation partner to talk to.
AI conversation partnerGerman A2 · answers out loud
Hallo! Was machst du am Wochenende?
Ich gehe mit Freunden wandern.
Schön! Wohin geht ihr?
AI voice conversation
Speak out loud and an animated avatar answers by voice, in real time. There is one in every topic chapter.
Free speaking
Answer a prompt in your own words. The AI replies to what you said, so it feels like a real exchange.
Feedback on how you did
Everyone gets a basic automatic score. On Pass, the AI adds detailed pronunciation feedback, sound by sound, and feedback on your writing and speaking.
AI narrator and coach Essential and Pass
The Lingium narrator coaches you along the way, and you can chat with it.
Daily AI use
Clear daily limits, on every plan.
Every course is free to join. A paid plan raises your daily AI use and adds extras, like the AI coach and detailed feedback.
Paid plans are billed monthly in US dollars. Cancel anytime.
Motivation
Small wins that bring you back tomorrow.
Learn on your own or with friends. Either way, there is always a next goal within reach.
XP and levels
Earn XP as you learn and climb the levels.
Daily goals
A small target for each day.
Streaks
A streak freeze covers a busy day.
135 badges
For milestones big and small.
Quests
Short missions to complete.
Coins and a shop
Earn coins, then spend them in the shop.
Weekly leaderboards
Compete each week in your division.
Friends
Add friends and learn side by side.
Quiz battles
Take on a friend in real time.
8-day streak
Quiz battle with Ana
Progress
Progress you can see, and show.
Every course follows the CEFR framework, level by level from A1 to C1.
CEFR can-do statements
Your progress is measured against can-do statements, so you always know what you can already do and what comes next.
Your progress
The detailed competency view is on Essential and Pass.
Course certificates
Finish a course and earn a certificate that anyone can verify online.
Course certificate
Spanish A2
Awarded to Your name
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Downloading a certificate needs any paid plan.
Live 1-on-1 sessions
Practice with a real person, too.
Add live conversation to your AI practice: 1-on-1 with an instructor, on video, right in your browser.
- 1
Any paid plan
Basic, Essential or Pass.
- 2
Session credits
Added on top of your plan.
- 3
20 minutes on video
With an instructor, in the browser.
Session credits
Each session uses one credit.
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Learn on the screen you have with you.
Lingium works in any modern browser on your phone, tablet or computer. There is nothing to install.
Phone
Tablet
Computer
Android app
Try one chapter. Say it out loud today.
Every course is free to join. Pick a language and a level, and have your first AI conversation.
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