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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. — read more
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Swedish Made Easy
This—my friends—is an awesome course. If you are interested in learning Swedish, I highly recommend it. The Swedish Made Easy, 6-day course is very easy to follow and the instructor, Felix Lättman is a joy to listen to and watch. In this engaging course, he scripted the lessons and selected one candidate, Shien Zutshi from… — read more
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My Swedish Homework
The above assignment is from page 31 of the book, Swedish Tutor. My goal is to attempt all the writing exercises and post them here. Until the next läxa (homework), hej då (bye)! — read more
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My Swedish Homework
The above assignment is from page 12 of the book, Swedish Tutor. My goal is to attempt all the writing exercises and post them here. This is my första (first) homework from the första chapter of the book for niva (level) A1/A2. Until the next läxa (homework), hej då (bye)! — read more
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Åh nej, Bruno!
I bought ÅH NEJ, BRUNO! more than a year ago while I was in Stockholm. It was the first week of March and super cold. I was strolling around town in the near 0°C temperature and ended up in a small bookshop (surprise, surprise!) in the Stockholm Central Station. This lovely, orange-colored board book stays… — read more
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SwedishPod101
I took a two-week break from Swedish language and now I’m back! I joined SwedishPod101. The most recent module I completed is called Getting Started with SwedishPod101.com and it contains 10 lessons. What I like most about SwedishPod101 are its audio lessons, notes and transcripts, which are all downloadable if one is a “Premium” subscriber. — read more
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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.… — read more
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The Best Things in Life Are Free…
After my business trip in Stockholm, my interest in Swedish is piqued so… I’m currently learning Swedish! A good Swedish friend—let’s call him Popeye—has been sending me ‘homework’ and I liked this one in particular, because it’s so meaningful and true. I’ve also seen it in Italian. — read more
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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. — read more