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Extreme Guerrilla Learning Update: French Anywhere

learn french anywhere, even offlineJust to bring you up to speed: I’m learning French in a hurry and for free. This is a more radical version of my guerrilla language learning challenge, where I’m learning three languages on a budget. Today, I’m looking at ways of taking my French offline!

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Bilinguals, Pickers and Choosers: Language Materials for Guerrilla Learners

learning french and german can be cheap or free with the right booksI’m on a mission to find out how affordable language learning could get. I’ve taken up some exciting challenges (and a crazy one about French). Today I’m returning to a question of learning materials: how much does price influence quality for language learning aids?

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Guerrilla French Language Learning Update: High Input, Low Output

3 language learning methodsSome time ago, I announced a brave and cunning plan: to learn French in 30 days without spending a penny. All foreign language learners should probably know better – but my anxiety and motivation pushes me on. Here’s a quick update on my French learning methods!

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Extreme Guerrilla Learner – 30 Days and 0 Dollars to Learn One Language

learning french for free - is it possible?It dawned on me last morning. I’m going to Morocco. And English won’t help me much. What happened later was even more fun.

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Apps, Immersion, User Engagement – Back to Duolingo

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If I had to find my internet sweet-spot – the language lover’s paradise, the virtual playground for foreign language study – I’d go for Duolingo. This week the Android-loving polyglots have even more reasons to rejoice. Android language learning app from Duolingo is here. What else has changed with Duolingo since my last review?

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The Full Memrise Review: Web + App + Behind the Scenes

Happy times for language hackers. Memrise has finally got the Android app out – and now is a good time to come back to this super-popular learning service. How does this help language learners? Is it a useful tool for online foreign language study? Here’s what I’ve found so far.