For schools
Teach Romance languages the way they actually connect
Cognata teaches English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan side by side, through the language students already know, with every word traced to its Latin root and tagged as a cognate or not. Teachers get classes, assignments, and a progress dashboard; students get a course that turns what they already know into what they can guess.
Why it works in a classroom
Starts from what students know
Every word is tagged cognate, distant cognate or not related relative to the student's own language — English included — so students see how much they can already recognize.
Seven languages, one platform
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan classes share the same content and tools — and a student who knows one sister learns the next one faster.
Classes in minutes
Create a class, share a six-character join code, and students are in. No installs: it runs in any modern browser, on computers and phones.
Assignments that fit your plan
Assign flashcard decks, grammar lessons, dialogues, sound laws and quizzes, with due dates.
Progress you can show
A live dashboard per class, a CSV export, and a printable outcomes report with activity, scores, assignment completion, and the words students found hardest.
Pronunciation, taken seriously
IPA for every word, speech-recognition practice, and minimal-pair drills built the way speech-language professionals train contrasts.
How a pilot works
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Get in touch
Tell us about your school, the grades, and how many students you'd like to include.
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Set up your school
We create your school workspace and invite your teachers.
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Teachers open classes
Each teacher creates classes, shares the join codes, and sets the first assignments.
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Teach for a semester
Use Cognata in lessons and for homework. Teachers follow progress on the dashboard.
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Review the results together
At the end, each class's outcomes report shows what students practiced and where they struggled.
A free semester for pilot schools
Schools that join the pilot program use Cognata free for one semester, for every teacher and student taking part. No payment details needed to start.
Pilot terms are being finalized. Write to us for the current details.
After the pilot
School plan: $12 per student seat per year, from 25 seats, with unlimited teachers and classes.
A single teacher can also start alone with the Teacher plan: $149 per year, up to 3 classes and 40 students.
Questions
Do students need an account?
Yes, to join a class: students sign in with an email link, Google, or a password, then enter the class code. Anyone can also use the free parts of Cognata without an account.
Which languages does it support?
English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Catalan, any one learned through another, and students can study several at once. The interface is available in all seven. Sound laws, the Morph lab and verb tables cover the six Romance languages.
What can teachers see?
For each student in a class: activities completed, average scores, assignments done, and when they were last active. Teachers only see activity from after the student joined the class.
What data do you keep about students?
Name, email address, learning progress, and activity results. No ads and no tracking cookies. Our privacy policy has the details. Privacy
Does it follow our curriculum?
Content is tagged by CEFR level (A1–B2), and teachers decide what to assign and when. Tell us which syllabus you follow and we'll show you how the content lines up with it.
Does it need to be installed?
No. It runs in the browser on computers, tablets, and phones.
Ready to try it?
Write to us and we'll set up a pilot for your school.
hello@cognata.app