See how LinguaFlow works

If you’re just learning vocabulary lists, you’re not learning a language. On this page, you can see for yourself how different it feels in a matter of seconds: The sample text above is a real, hands-on app view, and a native-speaker-quality voice will read this explanation to you straight away, whilst the words light up. With LinguaFlow, you learn languages the way your brain likes: first understand, then listen, then speak. The method behind it is inspired by the Birkenbihl method and consists of four steps: decoding, active listening, passive listening and practising. Give it a go — tap on a word above.

Above, you’ll see a text exactly as the app displays it. Each word is a small card: at the top, the word in your target language; below that, its meaning in your native language — word for word, in the order of the target language. Below that, the whole sentence is repeated in a fluent translation. For languages with a different script, a line of transliteration is added so that you can read everything. Tap on a word: the voice will continue playing from exactly that point.

This word-for-word translation is called decoding. It sounds deliberately clunky — because that’s exactly how you see how the language is really structured, without having to cram grammar rules. In the past, people used to do this by hand for hours on end with a dictionary. In LinguaFlow, the app does this step entirely for you — for any text you want to learn.

Now you listen to the text whilst reading along. As a beginner, read the meaning line in your native language, listen to the target language at a slow pace and press pause often — this helps your brain link the sound with the meaning. As an advanced learner, you read the original text and only glance down briefly when you come across unfamiliar words. Make frequent use of the A-B repeat function: highlight a single sentence and play it on a loop — give it a go above.

Then let the text play in the background — whilst tidying up, going for a walk or drifting off to sleep. You don’t need to listen intently: your brain will naturally absorb the sound and rhythm of the language. This is exactly what prepares you for speaking.

From here on, it’s your learning goal that decides. If you just want to understand the language, you’ve already reached your goal — simply stick to steps two and three. If you want to speak, it’s time for choral speaking: using the A-B repetition, choose a short sentence, set the speed to very slow and speak along with the voice — just like in a choir. You’ll hear straight away if something sounds different, and you’ll correct yourself automatically. You can do this anywhere, even on the tram: with headphones on, it sounds like a phone call. And if you want to learn to write, simply write out the text sentence by sentence.

That’s exactly how LinguaFlow works — with your own texts, photos and books, a ready-made learning path and native-speaker-quality voices, in over 30 languages. Download the app and get started today.