You understand the language. But you're not quite there.
You're not a beginner. You're not fluent. You're stuck in the in-between – and no app has fixed it, because no app is built for where you are.
Follow the experimentYou might recognize yourself here.
You follow conversations but freeze when it's your turn. You know the words, but they just won't come out fast enough. You've tried apps, courses, and immersion. Still stuck. That's what makes it so frustrating.
I named that feeling Broken Fluency.
Why you're stuck
Most language systems assume progress is linear:
Real learning doesn’t work like that. In reality, language knowledge develops unevenly. That’s not failure, it's how the brain actually works.
- You follow conversations but hesitate to join.
- You know the words, but they don’t come out fast enough.
- You’ve used apps, courses, immersion, and still feel stuck.
- You’re not a beginner, but not fluent either.
What Broken Fluency does differently
No artificial levels. No fluency in 30 days. No shame about being stuck.
Just a structured, science-backed approach to closing the gap between what you know and what you can actually say.
The experiment
I'm a biologist by training. I speak Serbian natively, English fluently, and Spanish — brokenly.
I'm documenting everything: what works, what doesn't, what the research actually says, and how my speaking changes week by week.
Every Sunday, I send one focused email. One experiment result, one insight, one thing to try. If you're almost fluent, join me on my journey.
This method isn't for everyone
- You understand far more than you can produce
- You're done with apps that don't move the needle
- You want a real system, not motivation
- You want fluency in 30 days
- You want to be told you just need to "practice more"
- You're looking for a course with levels and badges