Gary is pretty much fluent in Spanish and tries to speak to Sophia when he can so that she gets that language as well as Russian from me and then of course English. What's worked for us is just using our words and phrases in those three languages and what's been truly amazing to see is how she knows exactly what something is in all three languages. She's a sponge right now and our hope is that she'll be trilingual in the future.
Duolingo has a free app that you can upgrade to have no ads if you want, but the ads didn't bother me. There are dozens upon dozens of language that you can learn and practice. I think when / if we rebook our trip to Portugal, I'll do a month of Portuguese to get on better there. Would have been smart for me to do this when we went to France a few years ago since they really don't like when you speak in English there - well in Paris we found that to be true.
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I didn't start this out blind, I took 4 years of Spanish in high school that really stuck with me and a lot of this was refresher for me. Out of the 30 days in April, I only missed one day and I think I just forgot about it that day. Other than that I kept up with it, sometimes twice a day and would only take up 10 minutes of my time.
How do I feel about my Spanish 30 days later - much more confident and sometimes Gary will practice with me so I get more immersion. I'm much better at reading and writing than actually conversing but with more practice I think I'll get there. What I'm really happy about is that I plan on keeping up with Duolingo even now that the month is over! Maybe I wont practice every day, but keeping that "streak" alive keeps me very competitive with myself!
Have you ever tried to pick up another language later in life?
