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…
Dang, but you are incredible! It’s so easy to look at the things we can’t do. To put ourselves down for what we haven’t accomplished. But everyone reading this, learned to read. You learned how to interpret squiggles on a page or screen into words and language. And before that, you learned to interpret sounds…
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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