Past the Plateau
For intermediate, advanced and heritage learners: practice built from a precise model of what you already know.
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Lac Noir, Plateau d'Emparis. Photo: Nuno Alves, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized
For intermediate, advanced and heritage learners: practice built from a precise model of what you already know.
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Paste a YouTube, Spotify or Apple Music link. Captions and lyrics are matched against your vocabulary, so you learn from the lines you don't yet get.
News, Wikipedia, books, social media, and more, matched to the words you know, so your attention goes to what's new.
Write in your language and get corrections that build on the words you already use.
Talk your way through everyday scenes with a tutor who answers out loud, using the words you're closest to knowing.
Track and review your vocabulary with definitions in your target language, written with words you already know.
The full Palimpsest interface on target-language web pages and YouTube videos, in Google Chrome. Learn more →
Select from Russian, Spanish, French, or German
Select your CEFR level (A2-C1) to begin instantly
Read, write, and learn with personalized guidance
Add the browser extension and Palimpsest comes with you to the web pages and YouTube videos you already read and watch in Chrome. Learn more →