Superlang - Stories you know and love, simplified for language learning
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A new way to learn languages - read popular stories scaled to different reading levels
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Hi Product Hunt,
I'm Creed, the creator of Superlang (superlang.com). I built this product to solve an interesting problem in the language learning space.
One of the leading theories in language learning is the "input theory" of language acquisition. The idea is, to learn a language, you should focus on reading as much as possible in the target language. But there's a catch. 1) You must read at a level where you can understand some reasonable percentage of the text, and 2) you must be engaged with the text.
It turns out that this is hard to balance. Real stories with real plotlines (The Wizard of Oz, Romeo and Juliet, or even War and Peace) are too difficult for most language learners to read as a simple translation. On the other hand, simple short stories purpose built for language learning are typically not very engaging.
Superlang aims to completely solve this dilemma.
* You can select from a wide range of public domain stories
* For each story, you can dial the difficulty up or down to match your reading level
* You can re-read the same story at increasing difficulty levels as you gain confidence
* Each page has illustrations to aid comprehension
* All the bells and whistles are there: sentence/word translations, grammar insights, audiobook mode
* All content is AI-assisted but human reviewed, ensuring accuracy and avoiding the pitfalls of AI-only language learning tools
I'd love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or any suggestions for improvement. Feel free to ask me anything about how I built it or what's next for Superlang!
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