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20.04.07

34 HOURS OF LANGUAGE CHALLENGE

So I'm in hour 26, if I'm not wrong, and I'm using this method where you do a first section of Duolingo units, so they all turn to blue, and while you work on the next section you keep going back to the old section, to turn them up to green (level two). Then you start a new section while simultaneously working on the previous two, and so on.

My first section is already on level three !!

And I've done like half of section three

This explanation is literally so bad but you can watch this video and probably understand what I meant:-)

This language is really fun !! And the course (german for spanish Speakers) is Very complete, even though they stopped the notes and explanations like after the first section (wtf, Duo??)

• 34 hour Language Challenge •

I’m participating in the 34 hours language challenge this month!

For 34 days, I’ll spend 1h on Duolingo learning Dutch. I’m currently in level 2, working on:

Er: Level 4

Jobs: Level 4

Modals: Level 3

Home: Level 3

Body: Level 2

To better keep track of my progress, I’ve integrated a cute little chart in my bullet journal to write down what I’ve learned each day.

So, I'm officially 10 full hours into my 34 hour Langblr Challenge for Spanish.

As I've been studying more in a casual way, this took me 6 days roughly (even though in the past I'm more prone to do 8-10 hours of studying per day).

So far I feel really confident with the basics and that I can at least introduce myself and describe my surroundings and my thoughts in a clear albeit limited way! My conjugations are still dodgy as hell tho umm 😢 But I'm working on them slowly and steadily, and tbh I'm finding that my B2 level in French has kind of catapulted my forward so far. While Spanish and French are very different, the similarities in vocabulary, grammatical structures and sentence structure at times has helped me excel way quicker than anticipated.

The well known language learning site, Duolingo, claims that 34 hours on Duolingo is equal to one semester of a language course at a university. I had to test this theory! So, I came up with the idea for a 34 hour language challenge, which I will document on the blog 34hourchallenge.blogspot.com. 

If you would like to do a 34 language challenge as well, here are the rules.

1. Pick a language you are not familiar with, but are interested in learning.

2. Spend at least one hour a day studying the language on Duolingo until you’ve reached 34 hours.

3. Take a placement test in the language.

4. Let me know how your challenge went. I’ll add you to the “34 Hour Challenge” honor roll.

My mom is a huge fan of Memrise. So she decided that we should take this challenge to the next level. She is going to spend 34 hours learning a language on Memrise. We are both going to take a placement test at the end of the 34 hours. So, if you want to choose Memrise over Duolingo, that works too.

For the Memrise challenge, the rules are the same as for the Duolingo challenge.

You can comment here if you want to be added to the “34 hour challenge” challenger’s list for Duolingo or Memrise. Just let me know which one!  I can add your blog name, your Duolingo/Memrise username. Or both!

After you’ve completed the challenge, you can be added to the Honor Roll.

If you decide to blog about the challenge, please link me back to your blog so I can check it out as well!

On Tumblr simply reblog this post or reply with a note saying you accept the challenge. Don’t forget to let us know how it went!