More on Duolingo
I have been very busy in the last two weeks defending my first position in Duolingo and climbing up the final League: Diamond.
My previous post speaks of my history (when I got started) with the little green owl and a brief status update. In this one, as at today, I have accumulated a total of 90,148 XP (short for “Experience Points”).
Losing My Duolingo Streak
It happened a few days ago. I repaired my streak but lost it again after a day because for some reasons even I couldn't quite understand, I just overlooked signing on to Duolingo. So, bye-bye 76-day streak and hello, #reset.
My 31 Practices
I’m currently reading MY 31 PRACTICES by Alan Williams and Steve Payne (illustrated by John Montgomery), and have just finished the chapter Habit. At the start of the said chapter, the authors are talking about the Hook Model (Trigger/Action/Variable Reward/Investment) and the Habit Loop (Cue/Routine/Reward). Towards the end they provided an illustration of the approach.
I decided to “test drive” the concepts by adapting them in the context of my Swedish language learning with Duolingo.
Language Apps
I enjoy listening to Olly Richards' podcast, I Will Teach You A Language (IWTYAL). One of the episodes that is of special interest to me is episode 191, IWTYAL 191: Do you use apps for language learning?
I’m Learning Swedish!
I started learning Swedish in October this year and am actively using Duolingo as one of my few study materials. I'll be jotting my progress as I go along and so far I'm progressing really well.