Levenger Master Class™ presents the How to Learn a Language for Life Workbook, your lifelong language-learning companion. Co-created by Levenger co-founder Steve Leveen and multilingual entrepreneur Akshay Swaminathan, this interactive workbook refill turns language learning into a personal journey—one grounded in research, practical tools, and joyful discovery. Whether you’re starting from scratch or reviving a second language, this workbook offers the structure, flexibility and inspiration you need to make lasting progress.

Many language learners get hung up trying to decide which method is best for them. Instead, learn how the Adopted Language Method™ (ALM) used in this workbook encourages you to try as many methods as you can along your journey, marking and celebrating your progress as you go.

Inside, you'll find 15 tabbed sections providing guidance to help you become the best language learner possible—from building muscle memory and mastering reading strategies to using AI tutors, tracking your progress, and enriching your travels with authentic conversation. Each section helps you not just study your language but live it.

With praise from linguists and educators at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Chicago, this beautifully designed 118-page workbook refill (on premium 120-gsm paper) features translucent easy-turn 1" discs for smooth operation and durability. Created for real-world, lifelong learning, it supports your language goals with plenty of space for notes, reflections, discoveries and daily delights along the way.

Even if you've been frustrated before and concluded that you’re just not good at languages, try this step-by-step workbook that’s designed for all learning levels, from beginner to near-fluent speaker. It’s your passport to lifelong fluency and the larger life that you rightly sense is awaiting.

About the Authors

Steve Leveen made Spanish his adoptive language in midlife, a journey he recounts in his award-winning book, America’s Bilingual Century. A science writer who took a 25-year hiatus to co-found a retail enterprise called Levenger, Steve devoted two executive-fellowship years at Harvard and Stanford interviewing language scholars and conducting research on bilingualism. He uses his science background to synthesize data and findings into compelling messages for general readers. His podcast, part of the America the Bilingual Project he founded in 2017, has featured scores of bilinguals who are advancing the role of bilingualism in America. Steve holds a PhD in Sociology from Cornell. Learn more at www.americathebilingual.com.

Akshay Swaminathan is a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and a P.D. Soros Fellow at Stanford University, where he is pursuing an MD and a PhD in biomedical data science. He graduated from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in statistics
and a minor in global health and health policy. Inspired by the YouTube multilingual community in high school, Akshay has self-studied over 10 languages and has published books and videos teaching English, Spanish, French, Mandarin and Quechua. He is the founder and CEO of Sabaash, a platform to help language learners get to spoken fluency by training muscle memory. (Sabaash is a term in various Indian languages that means bravo!) Learn more at www.sabaash.com and meet Akshay on our Well-Read Life™ blog.


Listen to Steve and Akshay’s conversation on speaking other languages in Episode 76 of the America the Bilingual podcast, “Meet the Maestro Behind These New Language Workouts.”