With the holidays fast approaching for many of us around the world, a whole lot of us are starting to feel the pressure mounting to provide our friends and loved ones with a shiny new stack of gifts once again this year. If you count language learners and enthusiasts, linguists, teachers, expats or whatever among…
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It’s not every day that I come across a new language learning app that I actually like, and I’ve done a lot of product reviews lately – something I kinda swore off several months ago. What can I say, I’m being retro. In any case, several weekends ago, I was lying in bed after an…
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As is the nature of technology, a lot of things have changed since I last wrote product reviews or discussed my experiences with language learning apps or software and Duolingo vs Memrise is one of those toss-up questions everyone seems to have. A few years ago I wrote reviews of both Memrise and Duolingo –…
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Expletives: something most of us use more often than we realize – or probably should. Those things we have to remind ourselves to avoid when the grandparents are over for the holidays. We try to keep them out of schools, away from kids, we consider them to be disrespectful but despite all of our efforts…
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It has been a while since I’ve been able to write a proper review of a truly awesome language learning app so I’m really exited to show you my review of FlashAcademy. This new application draws on most of my favorite features from a number of existing applications, plus one truly amazing new feature that…
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**Please note** As of November 2019, this article is somewhat dated. It was written in 2016 and is in need of an update or twelve. I hope to get to this relatively soonish. It is my understanding that both products have expanded their services to some extent, which is to be expected. However, from what…
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