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Spanish

  • Travel phrases: Spanish phrases for travel, then Order without pointing · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Talk to people: Starting Spanish from zero, then Preparing for your first italki lesson · Tool: Tutor message
  • Reading & sounds: The five Spanish sounds, then Starting Spanish from zero · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Listening: The five Spanish sounds, then Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Routine & notebook: Starting Spanish from zero, then Notebook layouts that make words stick · Tool: Notebook templates
  • Books: Which phrasebook to take to Mexico, then Starting Spanish from zero · Tool: Phrase practice

French

  • Travel phrases: Learn French without a class, then What belongs in a travel phrasebook · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Talk to people: Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill, then Preparing for your first italki lesson · Tool: Tutor message
  • Reading & sounds: French sounds English does not have, then Learn French without a class · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Listening: Train the ear first: spoken French, then Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Routine & notebook: Twenty minutes of French, every morning, then Notebook layouts that make words stick · Tool: Notebook templates
  • Books: French workbooks for adults studying alone, then Learn French without a class · Tool: Phrase practice

Korean

  • Travel phrases: Hangul in one weekend, then Korean grammar you need on day one · Tool: Hangul grid
  • Talk to people: Korean phrases for a K-pop fansign, then Korean grammar you need on day one · Tool: Tutor message
  • Reading & sounds: Hangul in one weekend, then Understanding spoken Korean · Tool: Hangul grid
  • Listening: Understanding spoken Korean, then Hangul in one weekend · Tool: Hangul grid
  • Routine & notebook: A Korean study routine you will keep, then Notebook layouts that make words stick · Tool: Notebook templates
  • Books: A Korean workbook that can mark you, then Hangul in one weekend · Tool: Hangul grid

Any language

  • Travel phrases: What belongs in a travel phrasebook, then Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Talk to people: Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill, then Preparing for your first italki lesson · Tool: Tutor message
  • Reading & sounds: Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill, then How to learn vocabulary that sticks · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Listening: Shadowing: a ten-minute speaking drill, then A daily language routine you can keep · Tool: Phrase practice
  • Routine & notebook: A daily language routine you can keep, then Notebook layouts that make words stick · Tool: Notebook templates
  • Books: How to learn a language alone, then Is one language lesson a week enough? · Tool: Notebook templates

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  • Written by Ren (pen name), who studies languages alone in Japan.
  • Drafted with AI writing tools, then checked against published sources such as the CEFR self-assessment grid.
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