Words
Every word has 5 tiers, from recognising it to saying it.
You add words from what you read. Each one is scheduled on its own and asks for more at each tier: pick it, pin it down, recall it, write it, say it.
Go from understanding English to using it.
Gradus works on the words and grammar you already recognise, until you can write them, and say the words out loud. About 10 minutes of words a day, and a short grammar session.
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Two tracks. One short session each.
Words and grammar are learned differently, so they're kept apart.Words and grammar are learned differently, so they're kept apart. Each has its own door on Today and its own measure of what you can do.
Grammar
Points from A2 to C1, in 37 families, opened when you need them.
5 short sentences open the points worth working on. Each moves from guided items to sentences you write yourself, and holds when it shows up right without being asked.
- Guided
- Your own sentences
- Holds unprompted
Try 3 questions, one at each of the first 3 tiers.
No account needed. These are the first 3 of the 5 tiers every word has.
- Meet it
- Pin it down
- Own it
Writing and saying your own sentence come after, graded by a model, and need an account.
Meet it
obstacle
Choose the meaning
A session, from gap to verdict.
One task per page. Every answer gets its own page that says what happened and what comes next. No timer, no score.
Own it
A meaning and a gapped sentence. The word is nowhere on screen.
A plain verdict
What you wrote, the word, a real example. A miss brings the word back sooner.
What moved
The wrap states which tiers words moved to and how many you can now produce.
Grammar
Grammar, checked in sentences you write.
Points are grouped in families, from tense and time to conditionals. You only practise the ones that are open, and you can open or close any of them.
- Guided
- Typed items built around the point: fix a sentence, extend one, fill a gap.
- Your own sentences
- A model reads what you wrote and names what went wrong.
- Holds unprompted
- The point shows up right in your writing without being asked for.
What Gradus leaves out.
- No streaks or points
- A streak measures attendance. Gradus shows what you can do with a word.
- No ready-made word lists
- Every word is one you chose, from something you were already reading.
- No card flipping
- Every task asks you to recall something. None can be passed by looking.
- No pronunciation grading
- Speech recognition smooths over unclear sounds, so a grade would be a guess.
- No grammar scores
- A point says where it stands: guided, your own sentences, or holding.
- Not your only English
- Gradus handles the timing. Your reading and conversation do the rest.
Free to use.
Recognition and recall run on your device. Only written and spoken sentences need a model.
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At most 6 writing or speaking tasks a session
Every word and every grammar point.
Later
A paid plan may come later. Nothing can be bought.
Start with the words you half know.
Sort up to 30 words and Gradus sets the level your questions are written at.