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‹ Spanish A1
EFE · Madrid · 12 March

Madrid abre una playa en el río

La ciudad de Madrid abre hoy una playa en el río. Hay arena y agua limpia.

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German university students learning with graded stories and in-context glosses kept new vocabulary far longer than peers reading textbook passages.

Vocabulary still recalled
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After 7 days
88%
71%
After 30 days
74%
41%
After 90 days
61%
26%
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Vocabulary retained after a single encounter in context, unprompted recall. Internal study, n=112.
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