This, my friends, is what it's all about. Duolingo. We do this night and day. We do it all in the same room. We do it on our phones. We do it on our ipads. We do it on our computers. We are crazy for duolingo!
It is a new language learning software that Chuck found and brainwashed all of us on. Being that he used to work for Rosetta Stone, another language learning software company, he knows a thing or two about what makes a good language learning ap. The coolest thing about this program is that it is completely free and so much better than Rosetta Stone. I find it much easier. The lessons are concise, the explanations good and the teaching method is sound.
We now have 2 Spanish speakers, 2 French speakers and 1 German speaker in this house. Not that any of us are fluent in anything, but we sure are having fun learning our languages together. Seriously, we never make the kids do it - they can't wait to do their daily lessons! I love it because I don't feel like a fool. I gave up learning French on Rosetta Stone when I realized I sucked so bad. I thought I was just bad at languages. I just didn't "get it". Ahh...but now I do. It's always the teacher, isn't it?!
It's fun to all be learning together as well. It's good for Chuck and I so we can keep our brain sharp as we age. It's good for the kids so they can learn to become less ethnocentric and understand other cultures better. Nothing but good comes from knowing other languages.
