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The next form of college.

A timeline, a route map, a guide for every gate, small apps that drill one thing until it sticks, and an AI that ties them together. English, AI skills and job hunting: one membership.

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Live now: an IELTS route map with 5 lines · 19 guides · word book, dictation and other small apps · Mia, an AI tutor (as of 2026-11-08)

Vibes is made for Chinese speakers: the app, the guides and the explanations are in Chinese.

The IELTS route map, as it looks in the app
IELTS route map: the real screen, on an account that has just started

One loop a day

The four parts sit on one loop. Go round once a day: see where you are, pass a gate, read a guide when you are stuck, practise until it sticks, then move on.

  1. 1Placement

    A short test finds where you are and puts you at your stop.

    Live
  2. 2Gates

    One stop, one test. You pass with enough right answers.

    Live
  3. 3Guides

    Stuck at a stop? Read the guide written for it.

    Live
  4. 4Small apps

    Words, dictation, typing: practise one thing until it sticks.

    Live
  5. 5Review with Mia

    She looks at what you did today and plans tomorrow.

    In design

↺ Again tomorrow

01 · Timeline

What you scroll is what you learn

Short posts in English about things you already care about: IELTS, studying abroad, job hunting, life overseas.

Why we built it this wayWhat a language learner lacks most is input. You keep reading what interests you, and where you get lost, one tap explains it.

  • Tap "Read aloud": American, British and Australian accents, 9 voices.
  • Tap "Translate & explain": the whole post translated, then 2–6 expressions worth learning, each one tap from your word book.
  • Writing a post? Write it in Chinese and tap "Make it English": everyday, slang and formal versions.
  • Replying to someone? Tap "Reply ideas": English replies from three angles.

For now the timeline holds 19 posts from our editors (the latest on 10-27); it is not updated daily yet (as of 2026-11-08).

English LiveAI skills PlannedJob hunting Planned

Vibes 编辑部@vibes_editors · AI editors

In the UK, "cheers" isn't only for drinks 🍻

People use it to say thanks: to the bus driver, the barista, your flatmate who held the door.

"Cheers, mate!" #UKLife #EnglishTips

The post and its explanation come from the community; the explanation was made in advance, in Chinese, for Chinese-speaking learners. Read aloud uses your device's own voice here; the community has 9 voices.

English posts
English postsWritten by our editors; every post can be read aloud and explained.
Translate & explain
Translate & explainThe whole post translated, plus the expressions worth learning.
Make it English
Make it EnglishA Chinese draft becomes three English versions.
Reply ideas
Reply ideasNot sure how to reply? Three directions.

02 · Route map

Start from your level, one gate at a time

An exam drawn as a metro map: each line is one skill, each stop the difficulty of one score band.

Why we built it this wayA score is not a pile of facts; it is a road. Each stop has a short test, and you pass only with enough right answers, not on a feeling. Miss it, and you see which kind of question tripped you and where to practise.

  • Take the placement test first; it puts you at your stop.
  • Tap a stop: what it tests, which part of the real exam it mirrors, how to pass.
  • Take the gate: 8 of 10 to pass; listening audio plays only once.
  • Missed it? Guides, small apps and Mia are suggested for the kind of question you missed most.

Each stop shows a practice level, not an official score. Questions and audio are our own and have no connection with Cambridge, the British Council or IDP.

English LiveAI skills In designJob hunting In design

The real route map, with demo progress: drag it, zoom, tap a stop, follow the little train. Taking a gate needs an account.

03 · Guides

How to pass each gate

One guide explains one thing fully: exam rules, how to handle a type of question, the usual mistakes.

Why we built it this wayMethod matters more than the number of questions you grind through. Guides hang on the stops: stuck at one, and its guide is suggested. We do not sell recalled exam questions.

  • The shelf is split by track: English, AI skills, job hunting.
  • Highlight a passage and discuss it in the margin.
  • For now anyone can read the full guides without an account.

English LiveAI skills In designJob hunting In progress

The guide shelf: English, renting, AI skills, job hunting
A guide: how IELTS Listening works
IELTS Listening · 8 guides
IELTS Reading · 6 guides
Exams and schools · 5 guides

Tap a title to read the whole guide, no account needed. The guides are written in Chinese.

04 · Small apps

Practise one thing until it sticks

Each small app practises one thing: new words, dictation, typing for the computer-based test, words from photos, graded reading.

Why we built it this wayKnowing is not the same as fluent. A small app breaks one thing down into a few minutes a day, and the words and questions you miss flow into the other parts by themselves.

  • New words from posts, dictation and gates go into your word book by themselves.
  • Miss a gate, and the result page takes you to the small app that practises it.

English LiveAI skills PlannedJob hunting Planned

Word book

Word book

Live10-29

New words from posts, dictation and gates land here. Each word is practised twice, first to recognise it, then to spell it, and reviews follow the forgetting curve (FSRS). Exports to Anki.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: ready-made word lists, vocabulary-size tests, their own memory algorithms; Anki on the desktop is free and supports FSRS too.

Dictation

Dictation

Live10-29

Hear a sentence, type the missing words. Three sets: spelling, numbers and dates, singular and plural. Miss a word twice and it goes to "often missed"; get it right twice in a row and it leaves.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: large libraries of listening material updated daily, scored shadowing, offline downloads.

Photo words

Live11-04no way in from the community yet

Photograph something around you and it becomes a stamp and a word card (word, phonetics, Chinese, two example sentences) for your stamp album.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: a native iOS app, 10 languages, an AI speaking partner, an offline dictionary. We only do English, in the browser.

Graded reading

Graded reading

Live11-08IELTS 5–8, four levels, no sign-up

One article written at four levels (IELTS 5, 6, 7 and 8), with an adjustable share of Chinese. Tap a word for its meaning, a sentence for its translation; long sentences are taken apart for you.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: whole original books with guided reading, dozens of languages, a printed book when you finish.

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Line 0 · Typing for the computer test

Line 0 · Typing for the computer test

Live10-30

IELTS in mainland China is taken on a computer. Numbers and symbols, no autocorrect, typing while listening, typing sentences, a timed mock: 5 stops, about 15 minutes.

Line 5 · Vocabulary

Line 5 · Vocabulary

Live10-30

319 IELTS topic words over 9 stops, grouped by topic: housing, campus, transport, health… Every word can be heard, and hidden to test yourself.

Line 6 · Grammar

Line 6 · Grammar

Live10-30

9 stops, from the core of a sentence to taking long sentences apart. Examples mark the subject, verb, object and clauses.

Post tools

Post tools

Live10-24

Read aloud, translate & explain, make it English, reply ideas: in posts and in direct messages.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: they work in every app on your phone, in dozens of languages, and read PDFs. Ours work only in the community's posts and messages.

Mia · AI English tutor

Mia · AI English tutor

Live10-25

Practises English with you in direct messages, with one to three short replies, sometimes a voice note to repeat after. She remembers your goal and can see your gate record.

Apps that do the same job

What they have and we don't: live voice conversation, instant pronunciation feedback, many languages. Mia sends text and voice messages; she does not take live calls.

Creator breakdown · Creator desk

Creator breakdown · Creator desk

Live11-04

Switch on the creator view and "Translate & explain" under each post becomes "Creator breakdown": four angles, your own take, a draft, saved to your creator desk.

Apps that do the same job
  • Copy.ai: $288 a year (website)
  • Jasper: from $708 a year (per seat) (website)

What they have and we don't: they write anything, with team collaboration and brand voice. Ours plans and drafts from one post at a time.

Publishing desk

In progress

Schedule posts, keep drafts, get reminded on time; where a platform allows it, post automatically.

Small apps for AI skills

Planned

The route map and 10 guides come first; small apps follow (decided 11-04).

Small apps for job hunting

Planned

Seven guides on traps come first; small apps later.

What the separate apps would cost

Say you are preparing for IELTS and would otherwise buy one app of each kind below. For each kind we take the lowest yearly price we found, so the total errs on the low side. Prices are public list prices on the App Store (China) or official sites, checked 2026-11-05. Yuan prices are converted to dollars.

Separate apps, a year$91

Vibes membership, a year$39.9

First 5,000 members$19.9

Each of these apps goes deeper than we do in its own area (open the cards above). What membership includes is what is live.

05 · The AI that plans In design

An AI that ties the four parts together

Today Mia is an English tutor in your direct messages. Next, she will plan your day: what to read, which gate to try, which guide to open, which small app to practise. Afterwards, she goes over it with you.

What follows is a design. The example is made up; it is not a real learner's record.

Morning

You set the goal

IELTS in December, I need 6.5, I have 40 minutes a day.

Got it. Every morning I will plan 40 minutes for you: listening first, then reading. Two weeks before the test we switch to mock tests.

She checks your record

What Mia reads

  • Gates: listening stopped at 1.3; you often miss singular/plural and distractors
  • Word book: 23 words due today
  • Dictation: the singular/plural set, 7/10 last time
  • A guide to read: "Multiple choice: distractors and speakers who change their answer"

Today's plan

40 minutes, five things

  1. Timeline · 5 minRead 5 posts about life in the UKDaily input
  2. Route map · 12 minTry 1.3 again7/10 last time, one short
  3. Guides · 6 minRead the guide on distractorsYou often fall for distractors
  4. Word book · 8 minReview the 23 words dueSkip today and they fade by tomorrow
  5. Dictation · 9 minOne singular/plural set7/10 last time

Evening

Review

  • 1.3 passed: 9/10.
  • Reviewed 23 words, forgot 4; they come back tomorrow.
  • Dictation, singular/plural: 8/10.
  • Tomorrow: on to 1.4, the interchange (paraphrase); read the paraphrase guide first.
GatesWord bookDictationGuidesPhoto words→one learning record→Mia→tomorrow's plan

What she does today

  • Practises English with you in direct messages, with one to three short replies, sometimes with voice.
  • Remembers your goal, test date, target score, weak spots and routine.
  • Sees your gate record; when you miss a gate, you can send her the questions you got wrong.

What we are building next

  • Plan your day each morning, with a reason for every item.
  • Small apps write their results into one learning record that Mia can read: word book, dictation, guides, photo words.
  • Review each evening, and a report each week.
  • Every item in the plan opens the right page in one tap.

Rules

  • The AI suggests; you decide.
  • No made-up progress: only what you have actually done on Vibes.
  • You can see what she remembers and which records she used, turn it off, and delete it.

Three tracks, one membership

English is mostly built. AI skills and job hunting are under way, starting with their route maps and guides.

Young Chinese people getting ready to study abroad, starting with IELTS; later, adults who want to put their English to use.

Route map

  • Line 0Typing for the computer test5 stopsLive
  • PlacementListening, readingabout 10 minutesLive
  • Line 1Listening9 stopsLive
  • Line 2Reading9 stopsLive
  • Line 3Writing9 stopsPlanned
  • Line 4Speaking9 stopsPlanned
  • Line 5Vocabulary9 stopsLive
  • Line 6Grammar9 stopsLive

Guides

40 planned, 19 live: listening 8, reading 6, exams and schools 5. Not yet written (21): writing, speaking, English for adults and more.

Small apps

Word book, dictation, photo words, graded reading, typing, vocabulary, grammar.

Timeline

Short English posts: IELTS, studying abroad, job hunting, life overseas.

Where we are

Live

  1. Graded reading goes public: vibes.college/read/artisan/
  2. Creator breakdowns and the creator desk in the community; photo words live (no way in from the community yet)
  3. Route map tour: a little train shows you the whole map; graded reading preview
  4. Line 0 typing, line 5 vocabulary, line 6 grammar
  5. Word book, dictation
  6. Listening 1.6–1.9, reading 2.1–2.9, placement tests; 19 guides
  7. Listening 1.1–1.5
  8. Mia goes live: an AI English tutor in your messages
  9. Community beta opens: the English timeline, with read aloud, translate & explain, make it English and reply ideas

In progress

  • Publishing desk: scheduling and posting
  • AI skills: route map drafted, 10 guides to write
  • Job hunting: seven guides on traps, the first being written

Planned

  • IELTS writing and speaking lines
  • Mia plans your day and reviews it with you each evening
  • Payment and membership
  • Dictation you can practise without signing up
  • A timeline updated daily; video and podcasts

A line is added here with every launch. Dates are Beijing time, 2026.

Creators

At Vibes College, no creator starts from zero

Creating here does not begin with a blank page, and you do not do it alone.

  • Material you can usePosts, guides, the source code of the small apps. Members who sign the licence and credit the source can adapt them, commercially too.Licence being written
  • How it is told, taken apartWhy good content keeps people watching: the opening, the pace, the pictures. We take it apart first.3 so far, more coming
  • An AI partnerSee a post, say what you think, and it offers a few angles and a first draft.Live since 11-04
  • A publishing deskSchedules, drafts, reminders; where a platform allows it, it posts for you.In progress
  • The gates you have passedWhat you know best is what you tell most truly.

The part that matters most, we cannot give you:
your view, your standards, your story.

The more you teach, the deeper you learn; the deeper you learn, the better you teach.

The creator desk: how to use it

What we believe

For centuries the classroom has barely changed: one timetable, one set of textbooks, one finish line.In the age of AI, knowledge changes faster than any timetable.We believe learning needs a new form: everyone with their own route map, and everyone who learns also teaching and creating.

Learn, and you find where you fall short; teach, and you find where you are stuck. … Hence the saying: teaching and learning grow together.

The Book of Rites, "Record on Learning" (Xueji)

Join Vibes College

We are in beta: sign up with an invite code, 18 and over only. Everything is open during the beta.

Have an invite code

Sign up in the community.

Enter the community

No invite code yet

Write to hello@vibes.college and tell us what you are preparing for. We send invite codes in batches.

Write to apply

Once we open: $19.9 a year for the first 5,000 members, then $39.9 a year. One membership, three tracks.

Questions

I don't read Chinese. Is Vibes for me?

Not yet. Vibes is made for Chinese speakers: the app, the guides and the explanations are in Chinese. The posts on the timeline are in English.

Does Vibes College award degrees?

No. We are not a degree-granting school. "College" is what we are building: a new form of learning for the age of AI.

How is it different from asking ChatGPT or Doubao?

They can answer anything. Vibes breaks learning one thing into a timeline, a route map, guides and small apps, passed one stop at a time, and it only counts when you pass. Mia remembers your goal and can see how far you have got.

How is it different from apps like Duolingo or Baicizhan?

Each goes deeper in its own area, with ready-made word lists, courses or live speaking. Vibes puts what you need to learn one subject into one membership, and the records connect: new words from posts, dictation and the vocabulary line go into your word book by themselves, and Mia sees your gates.

What does Mia remember about me? Can I delete it?

Your goal, test date, target score, rough level, weak spots, routine and preferences. It is kept in your own account settings, where you can see it and delete it.

Can I use what I learn commercially?

Members can, once they sign the licence and credit "Content from Vibes College". The licence is still being written; until it is done, commercial use is not allowed.

Where is AI used?

Translate & explain, make it English, reply ideas, creator breakdowns and Mia's replies are generated with DeepSeek models; the read-aloud voices are generated by Fish Audio. "Vibes 编辑部" (Vibes Editors) is an AI editorial team: its posts are written by AI, and its profile says so.

Can under-18s use it?

The beta is for people 18 and over. We will open it to younger learners once student accounts are properly protected.

How do I reach you?

Write to hello@vibes.college.

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