LAF1201

Unit 0: The Basics

Eleven short skills. Each one teaches you something you'll need before we start Unit 1, Situation 1 in class. Do them in any order within each lane β€” the lanes themselves go from most fundamental to most advanced.

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Sign in with Google to start. Sign-in is required for all pre-lesson skills. We record your skill completions to confirm pre-class preparation. No quiz scores, no time-on-task β€” just completion timestamps.
0 Total XP
πŸ”₯0 Day streak
0 Best ever
❄️0 Freeze tokens
Γ—1.0
How XP & streaks work

You earn XP for engaging with the exercises. The point isn't to get everything right β€” it's to show up regularly and improve over time.

How XP is earned

  • +10 XP per item attempted β€” whether you get it right or wrong. Wrong guesses are part of the design (see preface).
  • +50 XP when you finish a skill.
  • +20 XP per point of improvement when you retake a skill and beat your previous best.

Streak multiplier

Submit at least one item on consecutive days to build a streak. Your daily-earned XP is multiplied:

  • Days 1–2: Γ—1.0
  • Days 3–6: Γ—1.1
  • Days 7–13: Γ—1.25
  • Days 14–29: Γ—1.5
  • Day 30+: Γ—2.0

Freeze tokens

Earn ❄️ one freeze token at every 7-day milestone (max 3 stockpiled). If you miss a single day, a freeze is automatically used to keep your streak alive. Miss two days with no freezes, and the streak resets β€” but the broken streak is kept in your history.

How to climb the leaderboard (coming in v2)

Long streaks compound the multiplier. Retaking earlier skills and improving your score earns the most XP, and shows up most on the leaderboard. So the students who do best aren't the ones who got everything right first try β€” they're the ones who kept coming back.

Overall progress
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Β§ 1

Foundations

β†’ start here, in order
Β§ 2

Building blocks

β†’ next, building on Lane 1
Β§ 3

Lexicon

β—† do these in any order
β˜…

Capstone

β˜… uses everything above
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Naming & pronunciation

Say your own name. Spell it aloud. Hear other names. Ask and answer "What's your name?". Pulls together the alphabet, s'appeler, and the tu/vous distinction.

~ 15 min
β˜… Built on the pretesting paradigm Β· Pan & Chua, NUS 2026