Alexander Lee

Iago - Speak Practical Japanese from Day 1

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Iago is a Japanese learning app where you create your own curriculum and learn practical grammar & phrases πŸ—Ύ Pick & choose lessons aligned to your interests πŸŽ™οΈ Perfect your pronunciation through speaking πŸ’¬ Test yourself with an immersive conversation

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Alexander Lee
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Hey makers πŸ‘‹ I’m Alex, one of the co-founders of Iago, and I'm excited to also share that we've raised $1.5M from Reach Capital & Pear VC! Iago focuses on one of the most important aspects of the language: being able to speak conversationally. While building Iago we wanted build a language learning experience that focuses on the following principles: * Learning directly from what you’re interested in * Focusing on practical conversation * Adopting a grammar-focused pedagogy As a result, we’ve created Iago, the first open world curriculum β€” empowering you to build your own path on the fly whilst implicitly learning grammar through conversational immersion. How Iago works πŸ‘‰: 1. πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Tell us your goal and interests for learning Japanese 2. πŸ‘† Pick from a variety of situations (e.g. πŸ” Ordering Food, πŸ₯œ Famous Lines from Anime, πŸ—£οΈ Small Talk & Intros) 3. πŸ“ Learn the relevant phrases through content curated by native Japanese speakers 4. πŸŽ™οΈ Perfect your pronunciation through our speaking practice 5. πŸ’¬ Put it all to the test with a final immersive conversation powered by generative AI 6. πŸ“ˆ Build your own path to fluency by picking situations you’re interested in We currently only support Japanese πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ but we are planning to expand to other languages in the future! πŸ’»: https://getiago.com πŸ“±: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ia... P.S. The app is currently FREE for a limited time! Would love feedback about how we can make the best language learning experience for all!
Anthony Harris
Congrats Alex and the Iago team! The concept of an open-world curriculum for language learning is fascinating, especially the focus on conversational immersion and practical scenarios. I love how you can learn from specific interests like famous anime lines or ordering food. The personalized learning path and pronunciation practice are great touches. Looking forward to seeing more languages added in the future. Keep up the fantastic work!
Alexander Lee
@rty_op Thank you so much!
Kyrylo Silin
The concept of an open-world curriculum for language learning is fascinating. Do you have plans to incorporate cultural context alongside the language lessons? Congrats on the launch! P.S. I read your startup name as "lago" at first (with the "L").
Alexander Lee
@kyrylosilin Thank you and yes, each lesson currently talks about cultural context and tidbits! We've had a couple of misreads πŸ˜…
Kehui Guo
Learning a new language in the form of conversation and verbal practice is so helpful. Will be even better to dive into more details in terms of different conversation scenarios and adding more cultural elements in:)) Congrats on the launch!
Alexander Lee
@kehui_guo Thank you so much!
Kelly Nguyen
Interesting idea and congrats on the launch! I'm curious on the key advantage that differentiate it from other language learning tools such as Duolinguo?
Alexander Lee
@kelly_happicat Thank you! There are a couple of key proponents we want to focus on in building our curriculum: - Focus on practical speaking & conversation first - Make the curriculum open-world (meaning you can pick and choose what you'd like to learn) - Be explicit about grammar These are what I'd say differentiates us from other lang learning tools as of now and esp. with our focus on Japanese first we're able to really create a high quality curriculum focused on efficacy
Hardouin Alba
Anime fans are ecstatic, truly giving strong support for this product.
Alexander Lee
Anthony
I'm travelling to Japan in about 2 months, and my Japanese is horrific. Really having fun trying this out as DuoLingo just didn't gel well with me. It's very gamified! Good luck with the launch!
Alexander Lee
@anthok Thank you so much! As a previously avid Duolingo user myself, I definitely realized we needed something that focuses more on grammar, practical speaking, and cultural nuances
Felipe Ramos
Looks good! I’m keen to try it and understand how the initial process to get my level will be. It’s being a few months trying different options but I’m already in a point that I don’t want to invest much time on the very basic lessons. This β€œfrom day one” approach seems really interesting.
Alexander Lee
@fe410 100%! Content is currently based for N5 learners and we do a very basic questionnaire to figure out what you already know so that we don't give you repetitive content. We're still fine-tuning this approach but hopefully it should place you outside of basic lessons!
Salar Davari
From day one!!! That's interesting. I've got to try it.
Alexander Lee
@salar__davari Let me know what you think! Would love to hear your feedback!
Jemima Lang
I’ve been eagerly waiting for this product since I heard about it. The ability to create my own curriculum and learn practical grammar and phrases is exactly what I needed to tailor my Japanese learning experience. Thank you for addressing this gap in the market. Thanks again for creating such a great product. I’m here to support you all the way! 🌈
Alexander Lee
@jemima_lang 100% Would love to hear your feedback as you try out the app!
MaymeMary
I love how the customizable curriculum feature addresses the need for personalized learning paths. It’s clear that a lot of thought went into the user experience, especially with the pronunciation practice through speaking. I’ve been using it for a few weeks, and it has already significantly improved my Japanese speaking skills. Best of luck with the launch!
Alexander Lee
@maymemary Thank you so much for the kind words! Would love your continued feedback as you continue to use the app!
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