When the recent article in The Cut came out proclaiming Duolingo useless, the glee was palpable. I get it. You’ve spent countless hours at the beck and call of that owl, and you still can’t speak Spanish, or Ukrainian, or High Valyrian. You feel ineffective, incapable. You wondered if it was just you. I’m writing this post on a long …
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How to Use italki Stategically: Find the Right Tutor and Get the Most Out of Your Online Language Lessons
After a month-long break from language-learning to focus on my business, I’ve just booked my next trip: Prague --> Bratislava --> Lviv --> Kiev! Of course, this means I have some new languages to learn (Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian) and one language I need to revive from very dormant slumber (Russian). As soon as I started making these travel plans, …
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