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Notes on language learning, product thinking, reading and vocabulary building.
Dreaming Spanish, LingQ, Duolingo, and Babbel all claim to feed you comprehensible input. Only some actually do. An honest, method-first comparison of what each app gets right, what it falls short on, and what to check before you pick one.
Read article →Forgetting a new Spanish word a week later isn't a discipline problem. Real research on memory and reading explains why, and what spacing and context actually fix.
Read article →Translating every sentence in your head is the habit keeping your Spanish reading stuck at menu level. Here's why it happens, what the research says fixes it, and how to retrain yourself with real text.
Read article →An honest, method-first comparison of Spanish apps for adults who have outgrown gap-fill exercises and want real reading comprehension, not another streak to keep.
Read article →Stuck after Duolingo? The intermediate plateau isn't about effort, it's about the method. Here's what comprehensible input and real reading actually fix.
Read article →Comprehensible input isn't a buzzword. It's Stephen Krashen's 1982 theory of how people actually acquire language, and it explains why grammar drills can leave you stuck while real, understandable stories move you forward.
Read article →After years teaching Spanish in a classroom, I kept watching students pass every grammar test and still freeze on a real sentence. That gap is why I built HabloHack, and what it's actually designed to fix.
Read article →A perfect Duolingo streak and total confusion in front of real Spanish are not a contradiction. Research on vocabulary coverage (Laufer, Nation, Krashen) explains why gap-fill exercises don't transfer, and what actually closes the gap.
Read article →HabloHack nace para ofrecer una forma más natural, flexible y motivadora de aprender idiomas, basada en contenidos comprensibles y situaciones reales. Descubre la historia detrás del proyecto y la comunidad que queremos construir.
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