You want your child to have a language you do not speak well

Maybe it is your partner's language. Maybe it is your own parents' language, and you lost half of it. You want your child to have it, and you worry that your accent or your mistakes will get in the way.

What this does not have to mean

You do not need to be fluent to take part, and you are rarely the only place your child will hear the language. Nothing here asks you to give up the language you speak best with your child.

What tends to matter at home

• Who else speaks it to your child. The other parent, a grandparent, a childminder.
• Having the words for ordinary moments. The ones you need are small household words: more, shoes, where is it.
• Hearing a line before you say it.
• Saying the same few lines until they are easy for both of you.

How Voci approaches it

When you set up Voci you say who speaks each language at home and how well. If you are learning, Voci plans for that.

• It gives you the phrase, what it means, how it sounds and the moment to use it.
• When you say a line without looking, you tap once to tell Voci. Lines you know come round less often, and new ones take their place.
• If the whole family is learning a language together, Voci gives everyone a part.

Voci is not a language course for adults and will not make you fluent. It gives you the lines for the moments you share with your child.

Try it first

Play one free story. It takes about four minutes and needs no account. If it suits your family, Voci is free for 7 days with no card, then €9.99 a month or €79.99 a year for the whole family.