![]() ![]() Here is what I remember from my months of Duolingo French studies: “une pomme.” An apple. Do you know why? Because they are real things people say, unlike most of the phrases I recall being taught via Duolingo. When I went on a class trip to China in college, I learned these three phrases, plus “hello” and “thank you,” and I remember them all today, 14 years later. I hoped to learn how to say “Where is the bathroom?” or “How much does this cost?” or “I want that one,” the sort of purely transactional but useful phrases a tourist needs to get around town at least somewhat politely. But I did expect to learn something - anything - useful. A few years ago, about six months before a trip (my first) to Paris, I downloaded Duolingo in an attempt to “learn French.” I put that in quotation marks because I did not, of course, expect to become fluent or even mildly conversant in a foreign language over such a short time frame, and especially not using an app. ![]()
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