Does Duolingo Work?

If you’ve been around my site at all, you know that I’ve dedicated my professional life to learning languages.  I just like learning languages.  Can’t really explain it.   Lately, I’ve been doing everything possible to learn French.   I’ve been listening to podcasts,...

How I am teaching myself French

Most people come to this site looking with one question.  “Can you help us get through the Henle Latin series?” The answer is, “Yes.  I can.  I think it may destroy my sanity in the end, but, yes.  I can help you get through the Henle Latin...

I’m back.

I took the last three weeks off.  Well… from writing a tip of the week.  Just couldn’t find the time. August is the busiest month of the year for me.   I spend most of my time getting ready for the upcoming courses, answering questions, registering...

Italian so far…

I am learning Italian for two reasons. First, I am learning Italian to master Latin pronunciation. Second, I am learning Italian because… I want to learn Italian. Back to the first reason.  When I was first learning Latin, I looked high and low for a...

People need to be reminded…

In church last Sunday, the pastor quoted Samuel Johnson. “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. ” If you hang out on my blog at all, you know that I like DuoLingo.  I have explored many, many language sites, and have...