LINGOIST OS

The program, in full.

LINGOIST OS is a twelve-week protocol for experienced professionals preparing for the CELPIP. It is built for those who already produce strong English but cannot yet produce it reliably under exam conditions.The Founding Cohort is open to Latin American professionals.This page states the whole of it: what is included, who runs each part, what it costs, and the terms.

What we work on, and what we do not claim

We work with the features that separate a band 9 from a band 8: the precise word instead of the nearly-right one, the complex sentence that does not collapse under time, the answer that comes out organized instead of shapeless. The work is to produce them under exam conditions, on every task.We do not tell you what you will score. We do not predict a band, and we do not promise one. Only Paragon scores the CELPIP. We work on how your English performs under exam conditions; the score is Paragon's to give.

The shape

Two parts. The twelve-week intensive runs the live rooms, the daily practice, and the production work together, from August 10 to November 2, 2026. Continuity follows automatically, at no additional cost, through to May 2, 2027.

What's included

The four tracks: Speaking, Writing, Listening, Reading.
One track for each part of the exam. Every band-9 move is installed the same way, through a five-stage sequence: the move is named, the mental model behind it is set, then it is produced, pressured under the timer, and anchored to a physical trigger so it holds under exam pressure. Material is released on a deliberate sequence across the twelve weeks, each move timed to get the repetition it needs. Speaking and Writing carry the heaviest production. Listening and Reading work on recognizing the trap answer under time.The Alignment Pod.
The center of the protocol. One hour a week, six people, your own Protocol Lead. Small enough that your work is known: each week your output is read closely, by a specialist, as you produce it, and corrected while the moment is still live. It is the one room where someone who knows the band-9 standard is watching your English take shape and adjusting it in real time, and it is where the work actually turns.The Precision Labs.
Two live sessions each week, open to the whole cohort and led by a Protocol Lead. Working sessions: a band-9 skill taken up in the open and worked under time, the focus set by where the cohort needs it most that week. Questions answered live. Both sessions are recorded.The Somatic Roundtable.
A weekly hour led by the Performance Regulation Specialist. This is where you train the body, not the language: the regulation that decides whether everything you have built reaches the page when the exam is in front of you and the stakes are real.


The Weekly Production Reps.
Every week you produce your own output under real exam conditions, read against the band-9 features the exam itself scores. Not studying the exam, but doing the thing it asks for, again and again, until each move stops being something you reach for and starts arriving on its own.The two Checkpoint Audits.
Full timed exam simulations across all four skills, at week 6 and week 12. Graded by independent raters trained for it, not by Willian and not by your Protocol Lead, with two raters on every Speaking sample. An outside grade is a truer signal than a coach marking his own student. Week 6 shows where your output breaks under full exam load. Week 12 confirms it holds.


The daily Spine: the Calibration Sequences and the Precision Lexicon Engine.
Two instruments you run every day, underneath everything else, from the day you enroll. The Calibration Sequences are three engineered audio sessions, each with a fixed place in your day: one for the morning, one for the minutes before a high-pressure moment, one to close the day. The Precision Lexicon Engine is a daily retrieval practice built entirely on collocations, the exact word-partnerships band-9 language is made of, never lists of bare words to memorize. Neither needs a live session; both are yours to run.The Pre-Protocol Period.
The Spine opens the day you enroll, before the cohort starts. By August 10 the daily practice is already a habit, and the first day of the intensive isn't the first day of the work.Continuity, through to May 2027.
When the twelve weeks close, continuity begins automatically, at no extra cost, to carry you through the stretch between finishing the protocol and sitting the exam. You keep the full library you built across the twelve weeks, the Precision Lexicon Engine, and the recorded Precision Labs. Once a month there's a live Continuity Room, led by a Protocol Lead: a timed rep to stay sharp, targeted clearing of whatever has slipped, and help timing your re-sit. The intensive rooms, the Pod, the live Labs, and the Roundtable, run for the twelve weeks; continuity is the lighter line that runs until you sit.

The price

LINGOIST OS is $3,800 CAD, payable in full or in three monthly payments of $1,300 CAD. Paying in full is the lower of the two; the difference is only the cost of spreading it out.

The terms

Your first 14 days after enrollment are fully refundable. Send one email, for any reason or none, from the address you enrolled with, and every dollar is returned, processed within 10 business days. The window is yours to begin the work and decide with real experience of it before your money is at risk. After the 14-day window closes, the fee is non-refundable, including any remaining payments. The full terms are in the Refund Policy.

How you enter

There is one way in: the Cognitive-Linguistic Audit. It takes about seven minutes to complete. It is read by Willian, with a written answer back within five business days. Admission is by the Audit.

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