You get it all but you speak in simple phrases.

Wispy gets the words you understand but never say into your speech. You recall a word yourself, say it in a conversation, and from then on it comes on its own.

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prompts you while you talk
A Wispy conversation screen: a prompt showing how to say the same thing better
Known, but never said
Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·
Why it never worked

Recognising and speaking are two different skills.

You trained the first one: reading, listening, recognising — and it grew. The second grows only when you recall a word yourself and say it, and that is exactly what word lists and flashcards never asked of you.

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years with the languageafter Laufer, 1998
What happens here
There are new words here, same as anywhere. The difference is that you start saying them — the new ones and the ones you have known for years.
Swain & Lapkin, 1995 · Applied Linguistics

Trying to say something makes you notice what's missing — reading doesn't do that.

Bjork & Bjork, 2011 · UCLA

What is hard to retrieve yourself is remembered better than what you were prompted with.

How it works

How a word reaches your speech.

Four steps that repeat day after day. About ten minutes, and the circle closes.

01
You keep the word

Something unfamiliar from an article, a show or a work chat. You look it up, and it lands in your dictionary.

02
You recall it yourself

The word has to be written or spoken by you. Writing gives you time to think — saying it out loud comes later, and easier.

03
You say it out loud

Your voice, a real topic, the clock running. The word waits in a prompt — you just fit it into your own sentence.

04
You hear how it sounds better

The phrase came out clumsy — and here is the version people actually use for the same thought.

A day or two later the word comes back — until it starts coming out on its own
What it asks of you

Nobody will say it for you.

Picking from a list is easy — which is why it is not work. The sentence has to be built by you, out of the words you already have, so that you are understood.

Out loud or in writing, whichever suits. Your sentence stays yours even when there is nowhere to say it yet.

This part is yours
your sentence…
Feedback

The idiom lands. Slightly more natural: “This exam is a sink-or-swim situation.”

Why not them

There are easier ways.

Any AI
Anything can talk to you these days, and it will be delighted with whatever you say. It just will not notice that you keep chewing the same words, and will not offer a replacement. A month on, you still will not know whether you got better.
You’re absolutely right!
A conversation club
At the table you need to be understood, and familiar words get you there faster. No time to try new phrasing.
Yeah, totally.
Doing nothing
Your English will not get worse: the passive side grows on its own — from reading, from shows, from chats with a dictionary open. The active side does not. It moves only when you build the sentence yourself — out loud or in your own written words.
starting Monday
For teachers

You teach the lesson. Between lessons, the words make it into speech.

Wispy does not replace your classes. It picks up the words you have covered and takes them further: the student learns to recognise them, builds sentences with them, says them out loud and uses them in a conversation. They come to the next lesson having already tried to say them.

  1. 01
    Paste the words from your lesson

    One per line, with a note if you like: “run a meeting - lead a meeting”. Wispy finds the meanings, you check them.

  2. 02
    Send the link to your students

    With the link or a six-character code, your words come first for the student. Their first conversation on your list is free.

  3. 03
    See where each word stands

    For every student and every word: learning, recognises, tried to say it, said it. And when they last practised.

You never see students’ sentences or conversations, only which words came up. Free for teachers.

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Turn it on in the app: Profile → “I’m a teacher”.

A school or several groups? Write to us: info@wispylang.app

Rehearsal

Name the conversation ahead and rehearse it before it happens.

In your own words: “standup, and my task is stuck”, “viewing a flat on Thursday”. Wispy finds a similar situation, prepares you with short lessons and lets you talk it through with the other person. If there is nothing similar, you talk through your own description.

Dana, team lead
Standup when your work is blocked

Dana · team lead

Simon, landlord
Apartment viewing

Simon · landlord

Maya, VC partner
Pitching to an investor

Maya · VC partner

Jamie, party guest
A party where you know no one

Jamie · party guest

Daniel, senior colleague
Pushing back in a meeting

Daniel · senior colleague

Emma, hiring manager
Job interview: the conflict question

Emma · hiring manager

Tom, manager
1:1: saying you are stretched thin

Tom · manager

Paul, manager
Annual review and a raise

Paul · manager

And dozens more: the doctor, the pharmacy, a call to the bank, a parcel that never came, a date, a co-founder, a first sale.

Specials

English from what you already watch.

Series, sport, games. The phrases fans actually use, each with an example from the show and from real life, then you say it yourself or talk to a character. Free, with no limits.

House of the Dragon: The Language of Power
Series
House of the Dragon: The Language of Power

The English of claims, oaths and scheming. Turns out Westeros sounds a lot like Monday meetings.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Confidence & Arrogance
Anime
Jujutsu Kaisen: Confidence & Arrogance

The English of confidence and arrogance — through Gojo and Sukuna.

GTA VI: Vice City Slang
Gaming
GTA VI: Vice City Slang

American slang, hype culture and satire from the most anticipated game of the year.

Severance: Speak Like Your Innie
Series
Severance: Speak Like Your Innie

Lumon's corporate cult-speak against real workplace English.

Caught in the Algorithm: TikTok Slang
Memes
Caught in the Algorithm: TikTok Slang

38 Gen Z words that already reached work chats and the Oxford dictionary.

Formula 1: Speak Like a Champion
Sport
Formula 1: Speak Like a Champion

Team radio, strategy and business English at three hundred kilometres an hour.

New topics land as the seasons go: series, games, sport, music, trends.

Three months in

What it looks like when it works.

Depends on why you need English.

Work in an international team
A call where you push back instead of nodding.
Your own business or startup
An investor asks a question — and you answer instead of reading the slide.
Moving to another country
You negotiate with the landlord instead of agreeing to everything.
Friends and social life
At the table you tell your story, not just listen to others.

Say it out loud.

You already have everything you need. What is left is saying it — and the first time can be today.

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Your first conversation is five minutes after install. Alone in a room, nobody hears it.

Now you will say them
Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·

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