Adventures

You are the hero. The language is the plot

A story written for your level, in the language you are learning, where every decision is yours. Missions need equipment. Equipment costs coins. Coins come from one place only: studying.

Try a free class How the method works

Choose a story from the list, or bring your own ideaMake every choice in the language you are learningRead it, listen to the audiobook, then talk about it in your next classKeep the finished story as a book, with images and audio

An open Journey Book with an illustrated page

Coins

Study to earn, play to spend

You cannot buy coins. The only way into the shop is through a class, a piece of writing, a review game, a word you mastered or a streak you kept going. The game gives your coins a purpose, and the coins give your study a reason to happen today instead of on Sunday.

Earn coins by finishing a conversation classEarn them from writing, review games and mastered wordsSpend them on the equipment your next mission needsSpend them on souvenirs for your collectionNever buy them: coins only come from studying

Written for your language

A different book in every language

Japanese

消えた氷の彫刻

A detective who hates the cold hunts a stolen ice sculpture in Sapporo, written from one sentence the learner typed.

Spanish

El Misterio de los Andes

You are looking for your grandfather’s house in Bogotá, and the Andes hold the answer.

French

Le Messager du Roi

A royal messenger rides through medieval France with a sealed letter.

Mandarin Chinese

丝绸之路

A merchant sets out from Xi’an along the Silk Road.

Korean

삼국 시대 전설

A legend from the age of the Three Kingdoms, where you meet the general.

How an adventure works

Choose it, play it, keep it

An adventure is a story you make and then own. It takes as many classes as it takes, and it waits for you between them.

Choose your story

Pick one of the stories written for your language and your level, or describe your own idea and let it be written for you. A detective in Paris, a chef in Bologna, a biologist in the Amazon — or the one thing only you would think of.

Choosing an adventure: surprise me, or bring your own idea

Play it in the language

Each scene puts you in a situation and hands you a few options, all in the language you are learning. Some are riskier than others. Some need equipment you bought with coins. The story bends around what you choose, so it is never the same story twice.

An adventure scene with four choices, a badge earned and an item used

Keep the book

When the story ends, it is yours: your own digital book, with images drawn for your scenes and an audiobook you can listen to again. It stays in your library, in the language you fought your way through it in.

It is also some of the best reading practice you will get, because you already care what happens next: read a chapter, listen to the same chapter as an audiobook, then tell your teacher about it in your next class.

Your finished adventure as a book, open on a chapter, with the audiobook playing

The backpack

You carry your progress on your back

Everything you finish goes into the backpack, and the backpack follows you across every language you study. Missions, souvenirs and achievements all count toward your rank. Start a new language and you do not start again from nothing.

Souvenirs run from common to legendarySome souvenirs are gone once a mission closesTen ranks, from Wanderer to LegendThe last rank is meant for one person, ever

The souvenir chest

Proof you were there

Every adventure leaves something behind. The souvenir chest is where those things live: the common ones you will find again, and the rare ones that were only available while a mission was open.

A souvenir card from the chest: a painted Chinese folding fan, with its rarity and how you got it

Your first missions

A guided tour disguised as a checklist

Before the adventure opens, you get your first missions. Finish a class. Submit a piece of writing and read the correction. Play a review game. Change your teacher's mood. Turn the subtitles on, then off. Each one hands you an item for your backpack, and the last one opens the door to the story.

Finish your first conversation classSubmit writing and get it correctedReview a lesson and play a review gameMaster your first wordKeep a streak going

Try a free class

Your first coins are waiting in your first class

Pick a language and start talking. The story opens once you have a few classes behind you.

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