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Speak Any Language Fast, a free language course on Tomo

Speak Any Language Fast

Like Duolingo, but for Speak Any Language Fast. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

A short one: 9 levels across 2 sections, about 18 minutes end to end, roughly 4 days at five minutes a day. It moves through The Survivalist's Toolkit and The Logic of Connection. It starts from scratch.

9 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Lingo the Lark, the guide who teaches the Speak Any Language Fast course
Speak Any Language Fast
with Lingo the Lark
9
Levels
2
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Speak Any Language Fast

  • Pointing acts as a universal visual noun
  • High-frequency verbs like 'want' can be paired with objects to express many different actions
  • Words like 'this' and 'that' function as placeholders for any object in sight
  • Focusing on a small set of versatile verbs covers more ground than learning niche vocabulary
  • Using demonstratives and gestures to bypass noun memorization
  • Verbs like 'have' and 'go' act as anchors for most basic sentences
  • Maintaining conversation flow is more important than precise vocabulary at the start
  • The strategic value of high-frequency verbs in early conversation
  • Safety phrases signal the listener to slow down and use simpler words
  • Admitting limited proficiency reduces the speaker's performance anxiety
  • It sets realistic expectations for the interaction
  • Tone of voice communicates the 'feeling' of a sentence even if words are wrong
  • Facial expressions provide context that helps the listener guess your meaning
  • Perfect grammar is less important for basic understanding than clear intent
  • The role of non-verbal cues versus grammar
  • The musical rhythm of a sentence is the first thing a listener recognizes
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Speak Any Language Fast the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

The Power of the Pivot

If you don't know the specific verb for 'order' or 'buy,' which versatile word can you pair with an object to get your point across?

Get it right to open this lesson and 8 more in the app.

Course map

Where Speak Any Language Fast takes you

Stop studying grammar and start talking. Learn the survival strategies used by polyglots to communicate in any language from day one.

  1. 1

    The Survivalist's Toolkit

    • Your First Five Minutes
    • Navigating When You Are Lost
  2. 2

    The Logic of Connection

    • Thinking in Patterns

2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Bestie

Speak Any Language Fast is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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