¡Guau! I have been trying to learn Spanish with the app DuoLingo -- today I finished my 400th daily lesson. Usually the little lessons take about 15 minutes and I often finish them just before midnight. I have missed a few days, not many, but the program has "streak freezes" built in to cover the occasional slip up. I am enjoying learning and am pleased that my reading vocabulary is gradually growing, but I am appalled at my slowness at picking up the ability to "hear" the words. For my poor brain to separate the spoken language into distinguishable words -- even in very short sentences -- I often, maybe usually, have to listen over and over or even choose the "slow" option.
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