How Echoa teaches
Four ways to speak. One course.
Lessons get you talking. Word Practice gives you more to say. Pronunciation Practice tunes how it sounds. Immersion puts you in a scene where nobody switches to English. All out loud, all in one subscription.
1Lessons
You build every sentence yourself
About fifteen minutes, speaking from the first minute. Sam explains in plain English, a second voice says it in the language you are learning, and you put the sentence together from pieces you already have. Every answer is listened to. Slip up and Sam tells you what to change, then you go again.
- About 15 minutes
- You build every answer
- Corrected as you go
2Word Practice
Flashcards you answer out loud
A themed deck for the chapter you are in: the menu, the table and the bill, the doctor’s, the shops. You hear each word and say it back. Later in the same session the word disappears and you bring it back from memory, along with words from your lessons.
- Themed packs
- Hear it, say it
- Recall from memory
Example
3Pronunciation Practice
See your voice beside Helmut's
Say the word, and your sound wave appears under Helmut’s, lined up sound by sound. The syllable that carries the weight is marked. Play them back to back, try again, and set your first attempt against your latest. When a sound lands, you hear what you got right. When it doesn’t, you get one thing to change.
- Your wave beside his
- Replay and compare
- One thing to change
In German, as shown. In the other languages, the voice says each word or phrase and you say it back, a checkpoint in every chapter.
Example
4Immersion
A real scene, and no one switches to English
Every chapter has scenes built from what you have learnt. In the first, you and a friend turn up at a restaurant and need a table and something to eat. The other voice plays the waiter live and reacts to what you actually say, rephrases when you are lost and keeps a surprise or two in reserve. Cut in whenever you like. Missions tick off as you go, and afterwards you see how it went and the phrases that would have done each job.
- Live conversation
- No marking
- Up to 10 minutes
Example
You and a friend arrive at a restaurant without a reservation. Get a table, order drinks, find something vegetarian to eat, then pay and leave.
How they fit together
Lessons teach it. Word Practice widens it. Pronunciation Practice sharpens it. Immersion puts it to work.
Every chapter brings all four, in German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian and Dutch.
Lessons 1–3 free, no card needed. Word Practice, Pronunciation Practice and Immersion come with the subscription.