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Double Dutch
05/07/2019 08:30 pmIt is just over 2 years now since I dipped my forked tongue in the Duolingo pool. So many languages and all for free. Such a change from the ancient old days when the only half decent language learning tool was Linguaphone which was ridiculously overpriced for what you got unless you were a cheapskate like me and got it from a library.
Linguaphone was pretty much the only language learning course with audio. Unless you were lucky enough to be living in the land of your target language or had native speakers as teachers, it was really the only option available for a very long time.
So it seems a bit mean to get all those freebies but to constantly ignore Duo’s endless offers of paid upgrades. But that is another feature of these times. There are simply so many other distractions and ways to spend time online and Duolingo is just one of them vying for my attention.
There is Twitter and my subscription to the Washington Post not to mention all those tempting online courses that I sign up for but never complete. Never mind completing. Most of the time I hardly even finish one week’s lectures if I even visit their website at all.
Not sure if it is old age or what but the serpent single-mindedness and powers of concentration are pretty much nonexistent these days.
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Linguaphone was pretty much the only language learning course with audio. Unless you were lucky enough to be living in the land of your target language or had native speakers as teachers, it was really the only option available for a very long time.
So it seems a bit mean to get all those freebies but to constantly ignore Duo’s endless offers of paid upgrades. But that is another feature of these times. There are simply so many other distractions and ways to spend time online and Duolingo is just one of them vying for my attention.
There is Twitter and my subscription to the Washington Post not to mention all those tempting online courses that I sign up for but never complete. Never mind completing. Most of the time I hardly even finish one week’s lectures if I even visit their website at all.
Not sure if it is old age or what but the serpent single-mindedness and powers of concentration are pretty much nonexistent these days.
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