Both Byki Express and Byki Deluxe subscribe to the idea that to master a language you must collect as many words in your memory as possible. Many langauge teaching tools try to have users memorize packaged, finished phrases, like, “Excuse me, could you please point me to the nearest post office?” While that may seem attractive, you’re much better off spending the 5 minutes it would’ve taken you to learn that phrase learning how to say “post office,” “bank,” “train station,” “airport,” and “hotel,” because now you can effectively ask native speakers where five different places are, rather than just one. “Train station?” you might ask. And you’d get pointed in the right direction.

As you learn, you’ll find that Byki teaches you more than just words. But we stand behind our core value: collecting words comes first. Adults learn better that way. It’s kids that benefit from immersion and listening to complete sentences. But I digress. Here’s the meat of the article:

How Byki rapidly improves your language skills is like…

1. Candy

Half the addiction of individually wrapped candies is taking them out of their wrappers and popping them into your mouth one by one.

Byki is like language candy. Each time you learn a word or phrase, it’s like eating a piece of candy. Only, it’s good for you. Eat 12-15 words at a time and you can’t stop reaching for more. After you’ve learned 50 words in less than an hour, you’ll feel great.

2. Push-ups

Push-ups have a high long-term payoff. By simply repeating the motion of up-down, you incrementally add strength to your body. After a while you become addicted to the feeling, even though it’s hard work.

Using Byki is like doing push-ups for your memory, filling it with foreign words and phrases to increase its strength in another language. Best of all, it’s a lot of fun, so what would normally seem repetitive (say, if you were using paper flash cards) is suddenly addictive when you’re using Byki. Try it out, and you may be doing more mental push-ups than you ever thought you were capable of.

3. The driving range

Before you go play golf for the first time, it’s much better to practice at the driving range than it is to jump right into an 18-hole course. In order to improve your golf swing, you have to do it many times. But, unlike push-ups, golf is more about building a technique more than it is about building strength. You’re aiming somewhere, or you’re at least gauging your distance with each swing. Comparing. Adjusting.

If you use Byki correctly, you’ll steadily perfect your language technique. You’ll constantly be comparing your accent and pronunciation to that of a real native speaker. You’ll pick up on irregularities and verbal nuances. Byki gives you confidence in your technique, which will give you the confidence you need to use your foreign language in the real world.

4. Trading cards

You’ve probably seen kids in high school spending hundreds of dollars on trading cards. Why are they so addictive? Because it’s fun to collect things. And the more you collect, the more formidable your deck of trading cards becomes.

Every time you fire up Byki Express or Byki Deluxe, you’re about to collect anywhere from 10-100 more foreign words and phrases in your memory. Just by sitting at your computer, you make your “deck” of foreign language knowledge more powerful, giving it more possible combinations and power plays to make. Byki lets you pick and choose what you collect, just like a trading card game. And just like a trading card game, Byki makes it fun to collect more and more (until you can defeat all your friends every time).

Art contribution by Porcelaingirl°