Frequent Frenching for Fun

Reflections on one year of studying French on Duolingo

Screenshot from Duolingo, with the owl wearing sunglasses and the words “365 day streak!”

Last week, I reached a milestone on the popular language-learning app, Duolingo: 365 consecutive days of practice. Duo, their owl mascot, congratulated me on reaching the final tier of the “Streak Society”. To mark the occasion, I thought I’d compare my year of learning French on this app with my prior experience of using…