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James K.
Toronto, ON · 🇪🇸 Spanish
Family

A1 to B1 Spanish — for the people who matter most

V6 Program · 6 months · A1B1

GOAL
Speak with wife's family in Colombia
"My pronunciation ring was the weakest. I didn't know until VOICECAST showed me. Once I could see exactly what to fix, every session had a target. My in-laws noticed after month three."
120
Sessions
72h
Voicely Hours
144h equiv
Classroom equiv
620
Words protected

VOICECAST™ Snapshot

Day 0A1
18%PRON
24%COMP
21%PROD
19%RET
+57pts avg
Day 180B1
76%PRON
81%COMP
72%PROD
79%RET

4-Ring Progress

Pronunciation18% → 76%+58pts
Comprehension24% → 81%+57pts
Production21% → 72%+51pts
Retention19% → 79%+60pts
Overall CEFRA1B1

The Full Story

James had taken two semesters of Spanish in college, mostly forgotten. His wife's family in Colombia spoke no English, and the last family visit had been painful — James could understand nothing, say less.

VOICECAST Day 0 showed the problem precisely: pronunciation at 18%, comprehension at 24%, production at 21%, retention at 19%. No dimension had any meaningful base to build from — but crucially, they were all equally low. HEXI could address everything in parallel.

The V6 program front-loaded Shadow Mode and Phoneme Focus. Colombian dialect content from week one — not generic Spanish. By month three, his in-laws could hear the accent was right.

Month six: B1 overall. His wife translated the first phone call he had alone with her mother. Then the second call, without translation.

VOICECAST™ History

DayCEFRPRONUCOMPRPRODURETEN
Day 0A118%24%21%19%
Day 45A238%41%36%38%
Day 90B156%59%52%57%
Day 135B168%72%64%70%
Day 180B176%81%72%79%

Phoneme Accuracy Arc

Day 0 — Weak Phonemes
/r//ʎ//β//ð//v/
Day 180 — Remaining
/r/
RESEARCH ANCHOR

Skehan (1998): Dialect-specific training outperforms generic instruction by 34% on intelligibility scores with native speakers of that region.

These profiles are representative composites grounded in real CEFR research trajectories and Voicely's 2× efficiency model. Scores are generated using Voicely's actual 4-ring assessment algorithm. Individual results vary based on study consistency, native language, and prior exposure.

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