Linguini is not intended for complete beginners. The product assumes a level of ability in the language, and then provides a way of immersing yourself in it and taking your skills to the next level. It’s best for intermediate speakers of a language who have a grasp of basic vocabulary and grammatical constructs, and need to supercharge their knowledge.

For example university students of Spanish who are on, or about to go on, their year abroad.

Linguini only offers Spanish for now, but will expand to include additional languages in the future in accordance with demand from our users.

Linguini doesn’t try to replace other language apps, but rather serve as a complement to them. Many popular language learning apps only successfully get users to a beginner, perhaps early intermediate level. Therefore Linguini provides the perfect jumping off point for people looking to continue their learning trajectory, and immerse themselves in Spanish.

Yes, Linguini is currently free for students of Spanish enrolled on a higher education course.

Linguini doesn't offer a structured learning approach, but rather seeks to replicate (albeit in its own small way) the experience you'd have of being surrounded by language, if for example you were to go traveling in Spain. It's for those 'in-between' words, phrases and expressions, which you don't tend to get from books or courses, but which are what real-world Spanish is made up of.

Linguini differs in two main ways from other apps that use flashcard mechanics. Firstly, Linguini offers ready-made, curated cards around various themes related to everyday life. Secondly, this is just the start for Linguini; the ambition is far bigger - to become the home for all your favourite content and media, in the language your learning, with the tools to help make immersion and recall easy.

AI and machine learning have many useful applications for language learning. Whilst our translators and editors may use machine translation to aid in the process, we believe language is most enriching when it is handled by humans, so prioritise the human touch above all else.