LingoStories

Free interactive stories for language learners.

Select a story to read in Spanish.

Help

Check the settings in the top bar to customize your experience, and read the user guide for more information.

Click on any sentence to see its translation. Click the button at the bottom to continue.

Congratulations!

What's New

2025-09-02

New Story Editor

Use the new editor to create your own stories. Read more about how to collaborate and get the stories published on the website.

2025-01-19

AI-Powered Explanations

Get sentence explanations powered by AI, helping you understand complex grammar. In the stories, click on the question mark next to selected sentences.

Other Updates

2025-01-17Support for microphone (see settings), for you to repeat the sentences out loud

2024-10-26Park: Added Dutch and Swedish translations

2024-09-03Published a user guide

2024-09-01New story added ('The Grocery List') for French and English, using a better game engine

2024-07-27Add dialogue bubbles to better recognize the characters

2024-07-16Support for direct speech, with avatars and matching voice (depending on the language)

2024-07-03Added/fixed translations in Swedish, Dutch, German, Portuguese, and Polish

2024-06-22Blog post: Building LingoStories: An Experimental Project for Language Learners

2024-06-22Added a minigame (reorder words) + image collections

2024-06-05New story 'A Day in the Park'

2024-03-29Added support for autoplay in the settings

2024-03-05Published the proof of concept

What is LingoStories?

LingoStories is a free platform that offers interactive stories for language learners. Read interactive, graded readers stories in Spanish and get some practice. The stories use simple vocabulary and grammar to help you practice your language skills in a fun and engaging way. You can listen to the audio, read the text in Spanish, and check the translation when needed. The stories are available in a dozen languages, and you can customize the settings to match your learning style.

For more information, see the user guide.

How do interactive stories work?

While reading the story in Spanish, you'll make choices, similar to the format of Choose Your Own Adventure books. This makes the experience more engaging, encourages you to replay stories with different outcomes, and adds variety to the learning process.

Is LingoStories really free?

Yes. LingoStories is 100% free. There are no ads, no account to create, no arbitrary limitations. The texts are published under a Creative Commons license. The source code is available.

How many stories are there?

Currently, there are only two stories:

A Day in the Park: A simple story created as a proof-of-concept for the website.
The Grocery List: A more interactive story that remembers the choices and includes an inventory of items.

More stories will be added over time, and we aim to create more complex and engaging stories in the future.

How can stories help me learn a language?

Stories provide natural, engaging context for language learning. By reading or listening to stories in Spanish, you encounter new vocabulary and grammar in meaningful situations. Stories also make learning enjoyable and help improve your comprehension and listening skills.

For language learning tips, check out the the user guide.

How can I contribute to the project?

We welcome contributions! Our goal is to create a community of contributors to write and translate stories in many languages. The list of languages is still limited now, but you can request a new language and assist with translations.

You may discuss the project and give feedback on Discord (or reach out to laurentlb@gmail.com).