French language learning progress in 2023.
Last year, in 2023, I continued French language lessons – online with the Duolingo app. I completed 2,407 lessons taking 17,214 minutes (286 hours). I learned a total of 1,242 new words and practiced writing 3,717 new sentences.
This practice resulted in an average of 91% accuracy – ending the year in the top 1% of Duolingo French learners.
I use Duolingo to learn grammar and to extend my vocabulary – and the app is great for that because it is free, user-friendly, varied, and interactive. The result is that I am reading French in different formats.
It does help with listening skills, but not with speaking skills. Honestly, the only way to improve fluency in French speaking is, obviously, to speak in French – consistently. And that is what I’m not good at – I would fail at French fluency, primarily because my pronunciation is poor.
Therefore, the goal in 2024 is to talk more! In French. And focusing on listening, repetition, imitation, and pronunciation, pronunciation, pronunciation.
