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GoodYellowDogs Wrote:I'm doing it for fun. My granddaughter is doing it for CLEP. Can't wait to find out how we all do!
Did you already tell me you were doing Spanish or am I mixed up? What is your granddaughter doing? Can I ask her age? I'm wondering how my 10 year old will do this school year, there is a lot of typing/writing that could interfere with his success (but not enough to bother me- he's doing 1 language for 8 weeks at a time. He'll go through 5 next year)
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I have had fun reading this thread. I took this CLEP decades ago. I took AP French in High School(1987), but since I planned on studying French in college as well, my teacher suggested that instead of the AP test, which would yield 6 credits, I take the CLEP, which could yield as many as 12. Our class had about 22 students and 3 took the AP and I am the only one that took the CLEP. It was a hard test. I remember that it had a lot about the tenses and a lot of vocabulary. My score was very high and I received 12 credits and was automatically put into the 300 level classes. I started out as a Business Major and a French Minor, but I ended up with a dual Major and I spent a summer in Europe.
I have gotten quite rusty over the years, despite teaching French to my boys, so I am looking forward to checking out Duolingo!
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hsfamfun Wrote:I have had fun reading this thread. I took this CLEP decades ago. I took AP French in High School(1987), but since I planned on studying French in college as well, my teacher suggested that instead of the AP test, which would yield 6 credits, I take the CLEP, which could yield as many as 12. Our class had about 22 students and 3 took the AP and I am the only one that took the CLEP. It was a hard test. I remember that it had a lot about the tenses and a lot of vocabulary. My score was very high and I received 12 credits and was automatically put into the 300 level classes. I started out as a Business Major and a French Minor, but I ended up with a dual Major and I spent a summer in Europe.
I have gotten quite rusty over the years, despite teaching French to my boys, so I am looking forward to checking out Duolingo!
Your teacher ROCKS by the way, that was fantastic advice! Good for you!
I'm enjoying Duolingo, just earned 2 lingots today. 
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Cookderosa, how is this going for you? I'm giving the Spanish a try. Maybe I'm missing something, but it's as though it presupposes you know some of the language. Maybe I'm not using it correctly.
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LaterBloomer Wrote:Cookderosa, how is this going for you? I'm giving the Spanish a try. Maybe I'm missing something, but it's as though it presupposes you know some of the language. Maybe I'm not using it correctly.
Hmmmm. Well, I don't know if Spanish is the same as French? When I first signed up, it gave me some pictures (like girl, boy, cat) and then a word under each (fille, garcon, chat) and you click the one they ask you to find- the bell goes "ta da" and you go on.
Then, it has the word or phrase, like "La fille" and they are underlined. It asks you to choose the translation. So, you hover your mouse over "La" and it says it audibly for you "la" and the word is shown "the" then the same for the next "fille" it says "fee" and the word girl is shown. So, from that, I type "the girl" and "ta da" the bell goes.
Everywhere that is underlined, you can hover over to read the word, and anytime you want to hear it, you click the speaker/audio icon. You do that to learn the words. Then, the bottom of many pages has grammar stuff (which I skip 99% of the time, I'm being lazy) to read so you know the "why" behind what you're doing.
Finally, you'll get the pronunciation stuff, where you copy what they say, and when you get it right the words go green and you advance. Once you do a whole section, you get 10xp for that activity. They want you to earn your xp every day, so if you don't want to start a new set, just re-do the previous ones.
Does that help at all? It's hard to walk through it without it being on the screen.
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Just an update- I'm moving right along. I'm mostly averaging 20xp per day, I'm on a 20-something day streak. I just hit level 8 whoo hoo!
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I use Duolingo (Spanish) as an Android app when I'm away from my PC. On the PC version, I can see a... keyboard for accent marks, etc. I'm not seeing that on the Android app, and I get a (slight) ding for misspelling. Are you using an app? Can you find the accent marks, etc. on it? I figure I'm missing something.
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LaterBloomer Wrote:I use Duolingo (Spanish) as an Android app when I'm away from my PC. On the PC version, I can see a... keyboard for accent marks, etc. I'm not seeing that on the Android app, and I get a (slight) ding for misspelling. Are you using an app? Can you find the accent marks, etc. on it? I figure I'm missing something.
On my phone and tablets, if I keep my finger pressed on the letter, some bubbles will pop up with accented letters. Maybe this will work for you also.
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I'll share an update! It's my 6 month mark. To keep this in context, I'm doing it every day, but I've broken my streak on accident several times- that usually takes some wind out of my sails, but I get back at it and try again. I'm just over the 50% mark on their tree. I am on track to finish at the 1 year mark- CLEP has been demoted and my best score will only bring me 9 credits, but I'm still only using Duolingo. If at 100% Duo I can't pass the exam, I'll probably turn to supplemental resources. Also, I'm not going fast. I'm doing their slowest option- 10xp per day. When you do that, you have the option to do more but you don't have to in order for it to "count" as a day.
So, I've been keeping a little informal diary for my own notes: Ow.ly image uploaded
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I started studying Duolingo French in September and I'm really enjoying it. I'm going for the French CLEP at the end, even though I don't need the credits, it's just a personal challenge. I think I've got another 6 months to go until I finish. I have found a great site for memorizing French vocab in addition called Lingvist. It's free at the moment, but I think that's because it's in Beta right now and it might cost in future. Worth checking it out while it's free? https://lingvist.io/
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