I spend a lot of my time having conversations in my head. Deb will often look over at me and say, “Who are you talking to?” I’m not on the phone or speaking out loud. But she can tell that I’m carrying on a conversation in my head. I have done that ever since I…
I didn’t want to learn Irish when I was growing up. It wasn’t a thing. I knew that my mother could speak some Gaelic, but I never really thought of it as another language. I grew up in Quebec, so there was English and French. Those were the languages on my horizon. But when my…
I reached a milestone on Duolingo, today. 500 consecutive days of learning. Or is it playing? That’s one of the things that makes Duolingo so effective for me. The gamification of the learning. French was always difficult for me when I was a kid. I grew up in Quebec and had French in school for…
Today, I mark 365 days of doing Duolingo. Parlez vous francais? Voce fala portugeus? A year ago, I started some Duolingo lessons to pick up some phrases in Portuguese. We were going to Portugal in October, and I thought it would help. I was consistent. Practicing daily. I opted for the paid version, so I…
I’m on a 285-day Duolingo streak! Every day for about nine and a half months, I’ve spent some time doing lessons in a foreign language. Duolingo is a language learning app. You can use it on your computer, but it works best on your cell phone. There’s a free version and a paid version. The…
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