Speak English like you've been there before
Short animated scenes from real life: ordering coffee, a taxi, your first day at work. Watch it, say it, act it out. Lin remembers what you find hard.
Free to start, no sign-up. Sign in and what Lin remembers follows you to every device.
966 scenes, one Lin
Cafés, taxis, first days, awkward neighbours: every scene is a short animation with real lines. New ones every day.
Hear it, say it, see every word you got right.
Each scene shows the textbook way first, then what people actually say. Repeat a line and Lin marks every word: green when it lands, red when it doesn't, with a tip on how to fix it.
What a textbook says vs what people say
Tap a card. The left side is what most of us were taught; the right side is what you'll actually hear.
Polite way to ask for Friday off.
Watch it in the scene →Say you have stomach pain
Watch it in the scene →Purpose: vacation.
Watch it in the scene →Ask politely to go to a place
Watch it in the scene →I'm doing pretty well. And you?
Watch it in the scene →Practise the conversation before you need it.
You play Lin. AI plays the barista, the driver, your new manager. It follows what you actually say, then shows you what to say better next time.
A report card about you, not a generic score.
Three tasks for each role-play, ticked as you do them. Stuck? Say it in Chinese and Lin gives you the English. At the end: your fluency against last time, the lines worth fixing, and a picture of it to keep or share.
Act out a scene →
A friend who remembers you.
Your goal, your level, what's going on in your life, the words you keep missing. Tomorrow's plan starts there, and you can see and edit everything Lin knows.
Point your phone at a menu. Practise what you'll say there.
A menu, a sign, a boarding pass: Lin reads it and writes the conversation you're about to have, with the real dishes, prices and gate numbers. The photo isn't kept.
Try it with a photo →Phrases you'll hear every day
125 small phrases native speakers use all the time, each explained simply with real lines from the scenes.
Pick a corner of life
Six topics, each with scenes at three levels.
Errands, shops, the gym, the phone: the small talk of a normal day.
199 scenesFood & drink
Cafés, restaurants, bars and takeaway: ordering, special requests, paying.
198 scenesTravel
Airports, hotels, trains and sightseeing: what to say when you're away from home.
228 scenesWork
Meetings, updates, asking for help, your first day: English for the office.
99 scenesFriends & dating
Friends, dates, neighbours and roommates: the conversations that matter most.
179 scenesChina
Showing a friend around China, and Chinese ideas said in English.
63 scenesPick a situation
330 situations from daily life, food, travel and work, each at three levels. One takes about five minutes.
Free tools
No sign-up. Open one and start speaking.
A scene written for your week
Type a situation or snap a menu. Pick the level, the length, who you both are, the mood and phrases to use; Lin writes it, you shadow it and act it out.
Try it freePronunciation lab
Say any sentence: which words went wrong and what they sounded like, your pace and pauses, the IPA. Then drill six sound pairs one by one.
Try it freeHow do you say it?
Type what you want to say, in any language. Get three ways people really say it, from casual to polite, the version to avoid, and a short conversation to practise.
Try it freeHow is Lin Says different from Duolingo, Speak and ChatGPT? →
Questions about Lin Says
What is Lin Says?
Lin Says is a free way to practise speaking English with short animated scenes, led by Lin, an animated character, and the friends she meets in each scene. Each scene is a real conversation, like ordering coffee or checking in at a hotel. You watch it, repeat each line with word-by-word feedback, then act it out with an AI partner.
Is Lin Says free?
Yes. Watching, shadowing and role-play are free, and you don't need an account. Your progress stays in your browser.
How does the pronunciation feedback work?
When you repeat a line, two things listen. Speech recognition checks every word was there, and an audio model listens for wrong sounds (three said as "tree", very as "wery"), which speech recognition alone quietly corrects. A word that sounded wrong turns red with what it sounded like and a tip for your mouth, and you can drill it on the spot. Treat it as a good guide, not an exam.
What does Lin remember about me?
Your goal, your level, what's going on in your life and the words you miss, each with where Lin learned it. You can see, edit or delete all of it on the Lin remembers page.
Who is Lin?
Lin is the animated character behind short English dialogue videos followed by more than 30,000 learners on Xiaohongshu, where her account is called Lin学姐. This site turns those videos into practice you can do yourself.
Your first scene takes five minutes.
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