This started with a love for language — and a need for something deeper.
I’ve always loved language—not just the words themselves, but the worlds they open up. The music of a new accent, the rhythm of a sentence, the moment a phrase suddenly clicks and feels like your own.
But even with that love, I’ve struggled. I’ve burned out. I’ve second-guessed myself. I’ve been overwhelmed by apps, books, and methods that promised fluency but left me exhausted. What I really wanted wasn’t a perfect study routine. I wanted a way to feel at home in the language. I wanted fluency to fit into my life, not take it over.
The Immersion Studio was born from that longing—a space to think, reflect, and create alongside the language, not just study it. From that, The Fluent Framework emerged: a philosophy built on years of teaching, learning, experimenting, and reimagining what it really means to “know” a language.
Now, The Immersion Studio isn’t just my story—it’s a space for yours too.
My Story
The Mission
To reshape the way the world understands fluency—by centering humanity, creativity, and identity in the language learning journey.
The Immersion Studio exists to help language learners move beyond memorization and into meaningful connection. We believe fluency isn’t about perfection or performance — it’s about building a life where language has room to breathe, evolve, and belong.
The Fluent Framework empowers learners to trust themselves, embrace the process, and design their own immersive world — one that reflects who they are and who they’re becoming.
Meet LJ
I’m Lawrence (but you can call me LJ) — an artist, educator, language lover, and lifelong learner. I’ve spent the past several years teaching English to students around the world, and even longer wrestling with the languages I’ve tried to learn myself. French challenged me. Arabic changed me. And the process of learning, failing, and trying again quietly shaped how I see the world — and fluency itself.
I’ve always been someone who learns differently — someone who needs rhythm, meaning, and intention in order to truly connect with what I’m learning. Language wasn’t just something I studied—it was something I needed to feel. If the process wasn’t creative, immersive, and full of purpose, it didn’t stick.
That realization led me to create the very thing I couldn’t find anywhere else: a framework that’s flexible, story-driven, and deeply human.
The Immersion Studio is my way of sharing that with you. Not as an expert handing you a rulebook, but as someone who’s walked the path — and still walks it — curious, creative, and wide open.
What I believe about fluency, and the people chasing it.
Humanity First
Language is personal. Behind every learner is a story, a struggle, a dream. That’s why everything I create begins with empathy, creativity, and respect for the human experience.
Progress Over Perfection
Fluency isn’t a flawless performance — it’s a relationship. Mistakes, pauses, and awkward moments aren’t failures. They’re part of becoming someone who lives with language.
Depth Before Speed
It’s not about chasing fast results. I help build language lives. That means meaningful input, expressive output, and routines that nourish growth instead of draining it.