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I like Duolingo a lot, but I use the browser, which is much more workbook-like: there’s two-way translation exercises and dictation, plus some “pick the image with the right word” stuff to learn initial vocabulary. I think it’s great for relearning a language, although picking up a totally new one has been a struggle. (I should work harder. That’s probably the first step.)
Yeah, I just did a lesson in the browser. It’s sort of… I dunno, I went and opened another window to look up verb conjugation charts for some of the irregular verbs that I imagine it would have taught me if I hadn’t tested out of them, because I don’t remember, because it has been twenty years. But I guess it’s fair that it’s trying to teach me things via context, that’s useful in terms of learning as opposed to memorization or puzzle-out-filling.
I’m coming around to it, I guess– I get that the point is that you interact regularly with it so it shakes all the rust off and makes you some more neural pathways.
I should pick up Greek, I studied that for a much shorter period of time… but no, focus. I need focus in my life, so I’m focusing.
I like Duolingo a lot, but I use the browser, which is much more workbook-like: there’s two-way translation exercises and dictation, plus some “pick the image with the right word” stuff to learn initial vocabulary. I think it’s great for relearning a language, although picking up a totally new one has been a struggle. (I should work harder. That’s probably the first step.)
Yeah, I just did a lesson in the browser. It’s sort of… I dunno, I went and opened another window to look up verb conjugation charts for some of the irregular verbs that I imagine it would have taught me if I hadn’t tested out of them, because I don’t remember, because it has been twenty years. But I guess it’s fair that it’s trying to teach me things via context, that’s useful in terms of learning as opposed to memorization or puzzle-out-filling.
I’m coming around to it, I guess– I get that the point is that you interact regularly with it so it shakes all the rust off and makes you some more neural pathways.
I should pick up Greek, I studied that for a much shorter period of time… but no, focus. I need focus in my life, so I’m focusing.
