by Conor Clyne | Oct 31, 2014 | English, Product Reviews
Rocket Languages offer its courses as a smartphone app and as a web based desktop platform. Their products are mid-range in price (US$260 for full access). Currently, the courses are available for learning French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic,...
by Conor Clyne | Oct 28, 2014 | English, Product Reviews
Duolingo’s website carries the claim that, according to an independent study, an average of 34 hours of Duolingo are equivalent to a full university semester of language education. Since a one semester university course usually takes more than 34 hours of work,...
by Conor Clyne | Oct 21, 2014 | English, Polyglot Conferences
On 11 and 12 October 2014, I participated at the Polyglot Conference 2014. The conference was held in the fantastic town of Novi Sad located in the region of Vojvodina in Serbia. The event was a celebration of languages in one of the most multilingual regions of...