Oxford Language Primer
Oxford Language Primer is a revolutionary new language learning platform
which incorporates the latest advances in AI technology to supercharge your language skills.
Launch Oxford Language Primer
Learning a new language is challenging.
Native speakers typically produce around 2.5 words a second, drawing from a
vocabulary of around 30,000 words and a complex network of grammatical knowledge.
To converse fluently with proficient speakers you need strong and automatic language knowledge, deeply embedded in your memory, which you can only develop through frequent and varied practice.
That can happen naturally if you are immersed in the language and have lots of opportunities to talk with native speakers, but for most of us finding enough opportunities to practice is very challenging - until now...
The two parts of
Oxford Language Primer
CONVERSATION
Learn language by using it! Engage in dynamic spoken conversations on a wide variety of topics.
- Select a topic and starting sentence, then continue the conversation as you wish.
- Optionally bring up translations as you need them.
- If you are stuck, you can ask your AI tutor for help - even a beginner can have a conversation!
- Rewind and try different conversational paths.
- Our AI will seek clarification if it doesn't understand you.
- At the end of the conversation get feedback and suggestions for ways to improve.
- Break down any sentence to understand its grammar and vocabulary.
- Save sentences for INTENSIVE PRACTICE.
- Conversation topics includes themes from the UK GCSE and A Level syllabi.
INTENSIVE PRACTICE
Build and automatize your language knowledge through targeted, intensive practice of spoken and written language.
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Practice using all modalities - moving through:
- speaking and listening, using the latest in AI speech recognition and generation
- reading and writing, in multiple scripts where required*
- Receive instant correction and personalized feedback from an AI tutor, which judges your answer's meaning,
grammar, pronunciation and spelling, rather than relying on a fixed list of possible answers
- Carry out a combination of copying and translation tasks
- Learn your own vocabulary lists, receive recommendations for words to learn based on their frequency
of use, or learn items from your previous CONVERSATIONS
- Benefit from AI-suggested practice sentences that incorporate your chosen words
*E.g. Pinyin & Hanzi in Mandarin, Hiragana & Kanji in Japanese
CONVERSATION
Learn language by using it! Engage in dynamic spoken conversations on a wide variety of topics.
- Select a topic and starting sentence, then continue the conversation as you wish.
- Optionally bring up translations as you need them.
- If you are stuck, you can ask your AI tutor for help - even a beginner can have a conversation!
- Rewind and try different conversational paths.
- Our AI will seek clarification if it doesn't understand you.
- At the end of the conversation get feedback and suggestions for ways to improve.
- Break down any sentence to understand its grammar and vocabulary.
- Save sentences for INTENSIVE PRACTICE.
- Conversation topics includes themes from the UK GCSE and A Level syllabi.
- Select a topic and starting sentence, then continue the conversation as you wish.
- Optionally bring up translations as you need them.
- If you are stuck, you can ask your AI tutor for help - even a beginner can have a conversation!
- Rewind and try different conversational paths.
- Our AI will seek clarification if it doesn't understand you.
- At the end of the conversation get feedback and suggestions for ways to improve.
- Break down any sentence to understand its grammar and vocabulary.
- Save sentences for INTENSIVE PRACTICE.
- Conversation topics includes themes from the UK GCSE and A Level syllabi.
INTENSIVE PRACTICE
Build and automatize your language knowledge through targeted, intensive practice of spoken and written language.
-
Practice using all modalities - moving through:
- speaking and listening, using the latest in AI speech recognition and generation
- reading and writing, in multiple scripts where required*
- Receive instant correction and personalized feedback from an AI tutor, which judges your answer's meaning,
grammar, pronunciation and spelling, rather than relying on a fixed list of possible answers
- Carry out a combination of copying and translation tasks
- Learn your own vocabulary lists, receive recommendations for words to learn based on their frequency
of use, or learn items from your previous CONVERSATIONS
- Benefit from AI-suggested practice sentences that incorporate your chosen words
*E.g. Pinyin & Hanzi in Mandarin, Hiragana & Kanji in Japanese
-
Practice using all modalities - moving through:
- speaking and listening, using the latest in AI speech recognition and generation
- reading and writing, in multiple scripts where required*
- Receive instant correction and personalized feedback from an AI tutor, which judges your answer's meaning, grammar, pronunciation and spelling, rather than relying on a fixed list of possible answers
- Carry out a combination of copying and translation tasks
- Learn your own vocabulary lists, receive recommendations for words to learn based on their frequency of use, or learn items from your previous CONVERSATIONS
- Benefit from AI-suggested practice sentences that incorporate your chosen words
*E.g. Pinyin & Hanzi in Mandarin, Hiragana & Kanji in Japanese
Key Features
Develop confident speaking and listening skills from day one.
- Leverage cutting-edge speech recognition technology to enhance your fluency and accent
- Engage with high-quality, natural-speed audio using a variety of talkers of different ages and genders.
- Receive pronunciation assistance if the speech recognizer doesn't understand you.
Enhance your reading and writing skills.
- Easily input accents, hanzi, kanji, hiragana, and katakana without needing new keyboard layouts.
- Where required, practice items with multiple writing systems through a carefully ordered sequences. E.g. hanzi with and without pinyin in Mandarin, and furigana on kanji in Japanese.
Get immediate correction and personalised feedback.
- Ask our AI why your answer was incorrect and receive corrections for grammar and vocabulary.
- Pose follow-up questions for deeper understanding.
- Get pronunciation feedback and advice highlighting which parts of a sentence weren't recognised.
Monitor your improvement over time.
- Track your knowledge of every intensive practice item.
- Review all your previous conversations.
- Listen to recordings of your past speech to monitor improvements in your accent.
One Day Trial
Try out our Dynamic Conversations and Intensive Practice in any supported language for a day.
£1
Single Language
£20
per month
Two Languages
£35
per month
All Languages
£45
per month
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Currently Supported Languages
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Polish
- Mandarin
- Japanese
Looking for a different language? Contact us with requests.
Need help? Walkthrough: Creating an account
Fair Use Limits Apply: We expect that an learner would be able to use the app for up to an hour a day per language, split between Dynamic Conversation and Intensive Practice, without running out of time.
The Team
Founder and CTO:
Edward Longhurst
Previously
Consultant Language Scientist:
Dr Elizabeth Wonnacott PhD
