Practice

Inside a phrase lesson

Every phrase in a session follows the same short route: understand it — break it into chunks — repeat after the speaker — recognise it among similar ones — reassemble it — apply it in a mini-scene — take it in. The drill is counted on the last step, once the phrase has been through the whole route.

The steps of a lesson

Understand — the whole phrase: how it sounds, how it reads and what it means, so you know what you are dealing with.
Break it down — the same phrase in meaningful chunks, each with its own meaning.
Repeat aloud — saying it after the recording.
Recognise — pick the right phrase among similar ones, going by the meaning.
Assemble — rebuild the phrase from those same chunks in the right order.
Apply — a short everyday scene where you choose the fitting phrase.
Take it in — a final screen with the whole phrase: read it once more before moving on.

The steps that ask you to act — repeat, recognise, assemble and the scene — cannot be skipped: the button forward opens once the exercise is done. The rest you page through at your own speed.

Repeating after the speaker

The recording plays several times, with a pause between the plays for you to say the phrase aloud. You can choose how long that pause is — some people need more room, others less.

The on-screen support fades from one play to the next: first the reading goes, then the phrase itself, so the last time you speak from memory. No hands needed — the step runs itself.

Where the answer options come from

In the recognise step and the scene, the options are the other phrases of the same session. So the shorter the session, the fewer options on screen — there is nowhere else to draw them from, and that is fine.

The assemble step uses the very chunks you saw in the breakdown, and only the original phrase’s order counts as correct.

What counts as a drill

A drill is recorded once per session and only when the phrase has reached its final step. Leaving the session earlier means that phrase is not counted — the ones finished before it stay with you.

The "mastered" mark appears after several successful drills and changes only how often the phrase returns: a mastered phrase comes back noticeably less often, but it does not disappear.

What to do if…

The button to the next step will not respond

You are on a step with an exercise: repeat, recognise, assemble or the scene. It opens the way forward once the exercise is done — let the repeats finish, or give an answer.

I finished a phrase but the drill count did not go up

A drill is counted on the phrase’s final screen. If the session was closed earlier — during an exercise or right after it — that phrase did not count.

There are too few options to choose from

Options are drawn from the neighbouring phrases of the same session. A short session gives a short list; it does not affect whether your answer is right.