Episode 14: Language Learning, Does Duolingo Help, Taking Portuguese Classes from As the Dinesens Turn

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Episode 14: Language Learning, Does Duolingo Help, Taking Portuguese Classes

20 minutes Posted Aug 30, 2023 at 10:28 am.

-1:55 Jason on his philosophy towards school — get Bs; getting As is a lot of work without a lot of great payoff; getting Cs means people hassle you, so get Bs because then people leave you alone.

-4:07 Jason on how useful Duolingo is (or isn’t) in learning a foreign language

-5:43 Tracy on how Jason and Tyler had the same instructor, who is an excellent teacher.

-7:13 Jason (and Tracy) on the Portuguese classes they have taken.

-7:31 Tracy (former language instructor) on adults learning a second language

-8:51 Jason on Tracy leaving him alone at the checkout counter at FNAC (store in Portugal somewhat like Best Buy) and how he had to muddle through the checkout by himself in Portuguese

-9:44 language levels, A1-B2 and how it works with getting residency

-12:25 Jason on his only experience outside of the U.S. when he was a kid (he thinks this story is humorous)

-12:48 Jason on his grandfather’s philosophy of wanting a “bucket of Shelby County dirt under his feet.”

-16:35 General language discussion

-17:25 Jason on how his accent is changing, how the kids’ language skills are changing

-18:00 Jason and Tracy on if Midwesterners have an accent or not

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Jason and Tracy cover a lot of ground on language learning. Jason talks about his philosophy when he was in school -- get B's because people leave you alone, getting A's is a lot of work with no real tradeoff, but getting C's means people hassle you. Plus does Duolingo work? And Jason tells the story about the first time his dad "took them outside the U.S." on vacation.

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