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One day into the Lazy Italian Self-Study Experiment and I've discovered that my original intention to use Duolingo xp as a benchmark for my daily Italian study goals is just not going to work. Why? Because xp doesn't really mean anything. I mean, it means something. But it means pretty random and inconsistent things, depending on whether you get randomly-dropped xp boosts, test out of skills, or b...
Duolingo xp is a terrible language-learning goal benchmark
Sep 03, 2021
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Hello hello! It's been a good long while since I posted anything to the Monoglot Anxiety site — or managed to consistently mail out the newsletter for that matter — but I'm finally back and have some plans to shake things up that I hope you'll enjoy. First, the Monoglot Anxiety blog has a new focus: solo language learning . Since launching, I've been swinging back and forth between different i...
Blog update: new focus, new language, and monthly support option
Aug 27, 2021
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