The Idiomatic Labs

Educational technology

Language technology built for real life.

The Idiomatic Labs creates language-learning software designed around real communication rather than memorization alone. Our first product, The Expat - Portuguese, is an app for English speakers learning the Brazilian Portuguese of everyday life, now in private testing.

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What we build

Software that helps people use a language, not just study it.

  • Real-world communication

    Learning starts from the situations people actually face: meeting someone new, ordering a meal, sorting out a problem.

  • Structured progression

    A path designed to lead from first sentences to independent conversation, with each step building on the last.

  • Speaking and listening

    Learners hear the language as it is spoken and answer out loud, not only on the page.

Our first product

The Expat - Portuguese

Speak beyond translation.

In private testing · Coming soon

Brazilian Portuguese built around the conversations and situations learners actually encounter, from introductions and restaurants to work, travel, relationships and everyday life.

For English speakers who live in Brazil or are getting ready to move there. The first units are open to testers now, and the rest of the course is planned.

  • Learn in context

    Language taught through situations and communication, rather than isolated vocabulary alone.

  • Practice real conversation

    Speaking and conversation practice built around the situations learners are likely to meet.

  • Adapt as you learn

    Practice that responds to each learner's progress and to the areas that need more work.

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Our approach

Learning a language should prepare you to live through it, not simply complete exercises about it.

  • Context first

    New words and grammar come up inside real situations and conversations, so learners meet them the way they will use them.

  • Active use

    Learners come up with the words themselves, in writing and out loud, instead of only picking them out.

  • Natural language

    The words people use today, including the everyday informal forms that textbooks often leave out.

  • Growing independence

    Support steps back as learners become more capable, until they can manage on their own.

About

About The Idiomatic Labs

The Idiomatic Labs LLC is an educational technology company based in Texas. We develop digital tools for modern language learning, and we believe technology should make language education more personal, more practical and closer to the way people actually communicate.

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Company
The Idiomatic Labs LLC
Based in
Texas, United States
What we make
Educational software for language learning
First product
The Expat - Portuguese

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