Writing documents

Writing is where a language becomes yours. The editor gives you a clean page in the language you are learning, and help when you ask for it: a topic when you are stuck, a short review from the coach, corrections when you are done, and rewrites that show you the next level.

The editor

Open Documents and choose + (Create a new document), or open a document and switch to Write at the top of the reader.
Write. The toolbar offers bold, italic, headings, lists, and quotes, plus paragraph indent, line spacing, and print, and shows a running word count.
Save whenever you like. A saved document can be read like any other, with translations, audio, and reading aids.

Topic, Coach, History, Correct, and the assistant appear once the document has been saved for the first time. The files menu at the top lists the other documents in the same folder, so you can switch between them.

Topics

Stuck for an idea? The Topic bar suggests something to write about at your level. New topic gives you another; the ✕ dismisses it. Immersive avoids repeating your recent topics.

The Coach review

Coach in the toolbar reads your saved document and gives a short review in your own language: one thing the text does well, up to three improvements with an explanation each, and one idea for continuing. It reviews the last saved version, so save first.

This is a one-off review, not a conversation. To ask questions, use the Coach from the reader or the correction page.

Corrections

When your draft is ready, save it and choose Correct. Correction takes a moment (“Correcting your text…”); the finished Writing correction page shows:

CEFR estimate: the level of the writing in your text.
Corrected text, with Apply to document.
Corrections: each original line beside the corrected one, with an explanation in your language. The corrected lines can be tapped like text in the reader, and Ask about this correction opens the coach on it.
Other ways to say it: natural, simpler, formal, and casual versions.
Something wrong here? to report a correction you think is wrong.

Apply to document replaces the document’s text with the corrected text. The previous version is kept in History, so nothing is lost. The corrected text is plain: headings, bold, and other formatting are not kept.

Past corrections stay available: the close button on a correction page leads to the list of your submissions for the document.

The writing assistant

Beside the editor (a panel on a computer, a sheet on a phone) is the Assistant, with three tabs:

Edits shows your writing level (“Writing level ≈ B1”), up to three of your latest corrections, Open the full report, and the Correct button. It also holds Level up (below).
Rewrite works on a selection: select a passage (up to 4,000 characters) and choose Suggest rewrite. Immersive rewrites it one level above your writing level, with the same meaning. The suggestion appears under the paragraph; Replace takes it, Dismiss leaves your text alone.
Tone rewrites your whole draft for a situation you describe in your own words in Rewrite this as… (“a formal email to my landlord about the broken heater”), then Rewrite. The rewrite stays close to your level: your voice, adjusted. Apply to document puts it in the editor, and Export .docx downloads it as a Word file.

Your writing level comes from your latest correction’s CEFR estimate; before your first correction, it is the level you set for the language in your profile.

Level up

Curious what your writing would look like a step ahead? In the Edits tab, Show me this at B2 (or whichever level is next for you) rewrites your text as a writer one CEFR level above you would put it: richer connectors and verbs, same story. Apply to document puts that version in the editor (save to keep it); Dismiss leaves your text as it is. Level up is not offered once your writing level is C2.

History

History in the editor opens the document’s Edit history. The previous version is saved before each edit, import, applied correction, or restore; compare any version with the current text and Restore it. Experiment freely: you can always get back.