How Does Cinelingo Work?

Just watch. Cinelingo does the learning part with you.

THE LIBRARY
Carnival of Souls
Carnival of Souls
1962
The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth
1964
The Little Shop of Horrors
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960

Input you are bored by is input you stop watching.

◆Krashen, 1982
Live from the product1 / 5
THE METHOD · COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

Five steps. Each one is a thing the product does.

01

You learn it by understanding it

Not by studying how it works. Rules describe a language. They don’t install one.

IN CINELINGOThe library
02

Just past what you know

Too easy teaches nothing. Too hard is noise. You want the strip in between.

IN CINELINGOThe pre-film guide
03

Relaxed takes in more

Stress blocks it. The same scene lands worse when you feel tested.

IN CINELINGOSubtitles your way
04

Meaning first. Grammar later.

And no word sticks first time. It takes several meetings, in context.

IN CINELINGOTap for meaning
05

Speaking comes out, not in

It’s a result of input, not a way to get it. Try the line when it’s ready.

IN CINELINGOPronunciation coach
THE TOOLS, ONE PER STEP

More from every scene.

Everything below is live. Play it, tap it, say it back — this is the product, not a picture of it.

SUBTITLES YOUR WAY
Both languages, one line apart.

Spanish on top, English underneath as a safety net. Drop the net when you stop needing it.

A scene from Night of the Living Dead
¿Quépasó?
What happened?
1 / 10
TAP FOR MEANING
Don’t know a word? Tap it.

The line keeps moving until you stop it. Any word opens its meaning, speaks, and takes you into the scene it came from.

What happened?
BARBRA · line 1 of 10
PRONUNCIATION COACH
Hear it. Say it. Next word.
creoI believe

Two syllables, not one: CRE-o. The stress is on the first.

Word 1 of 6 from this scene