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How do I start/add a new course?
How do I start/add a new course?

Set up a new language course and begin studying

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Written by Sheena Chen
Updated over 4 months ago

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Note: You only need to do this setup once. After you've opened a course, simply click the green "Learn New Items" button (shown below in the mid-left region of the screen) to continue progressing through your selected course. Nine courses are available for free; other languages require a subscription to open.

[Glossika web app]

If you've just signed up for Glossika, the system will automatically walk you through the process of choosing a target language and setting up a course. 

If you've been using Glossika for a while and now would like to start learning another language, you'll have to add a new course manually.

1. Navigate to your Glossika dashboard and then click on the white "▾" icon located next to the name of the language you're studying

2. A drop down menu will appear — click "Course management"

3. From your Course Management screen, click the "+" icon

4. Search or scroll to find the language you want to learn

5. Confirm your native language — sentences from your target language will be translated into this language

6. Indicate your proficiency level — complete beginners will be started from zero, and everybody else will be asked to take a short placement test

7. Congrats! Your course has been set up, and you can now begin your language training

[Glossika iOS/Android app]

To add a new language course

1. If you are new to the Glossika iOS app or iOS Android app, you'll be automatically directed to the course list and asked to select a language to learn

2. If you’d like to add another language later on, simply click the white "v" button located in the upper-left corner

3. This is your course list — click the blue "plus" button to add a new language

4. After clicking the "plus" button, you will be prompted to select a "base language" and a "target language". First, set your base language — your native language, or the language in which you wish to see translations displayed. 

5. Next, select your target language — the language you wish to learn. When you click "target language" you will see a dropdown list, shown below.

6. Next, you’ll see a page entitled “What best describes you?”

If you’re totally new to the language, select "I’m a complete beginner." You’ll be placed in the “A1 low” level.

7. If you already know some of the language, click the "Test my level" button to take a placement test.


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