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Life & fun · November 21, 2024

Mother

Fun stories in your target language DM'd to you daily

Mother launched on November 21, 2024 with 9 votes, #2,254 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Short, interesting, and comprehensible stories in any language sent straight to your inbox, every single day. High quality native narration so you know how to pronounce what you read. Purpose built on the Comprehensible Input model of language acquisition.

Acquire a language like a child — one interesting illustrated story in your target language, sent straight to your inbox every day. Free to start.

The #1 guaranteed way to acquire a new language is to learn like you first did: read interesting stories. Subscribe for $7/week if you enjoy it. Easy 1-click unsubscribe with every email. I n 1980, a research study took 12 schools in the Fiji Islands and split them into two groups: one group studied English the way we normally do — through drills, exercises, rote memorisation, speaking practice, and grammar study. The second group did something completely different. They just sat in silence with a book of their choice for an hour each class. At the beginning of the year they tested the two groups on their English proficiency. And at the end of the year they tested them again. The results…from motherstory.co

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