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On actually speaking.

Notes on language learning, the gap between knowing and speaking, and the specific things that make practicing out loud work. From the Dialect team.

Why you know the words but still freeze when you speak

You can pass the quiz and still go blank in a real conversation. Here is the gap apps leave open, and how speaking closes it.

You do not need a big vocabulary to start talking. A tiny toolkit and a willing partner are enough for your first real conversation.

How feedback is delivered changes whether you keep going. Here is how we think about correcting without shaming.