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This is it, the last daily report of the French Revolution, my 30-day project to learn about languages and language acquisition by teaching myself French. Actually, yesterday was Day 30, but I didn’t get around to writing up the final Daily Report until today. I’ve learned a considerable amount about language and language acquisition, and [...]

This is day 29, the second-to-last day of the French Revolution, my personal quest to learn some French in 30 days, and in the process, learn more about languages and language acquisition in general. Stay strong, Revolutionary Soldiers, Paris is in sight! STUDYING TODAY I did very little studying today, because I was busy all [...]

This is Day 28 of the French Revolution, my quest to teach myself about French for 30 days. I’m doing this for the sake of learning more about languages in general and about language learning in general. So far, not only have I learned a lot about French (and in the process learned more about [...]

This is Day 27 of the French Revolution, my personal quest to learn as much French as I can in thirty days. For the first 25 days, I was spending an hour or two a day doing the studies– in fact, for the first ten days or so, I was spending significantly more, as many [...]

This is day 26 of the French Revolution, my quest to teach myself as much French as I can in an hour or two a day for 30 days. Except, today, I only spent about 10 minutes studying. Basically, my girlfriend came back and my quarter started at around the same time. That means a [...]

This is the 5/6ths mark in the French Revolution, my personal quest to learn as much French as I possibly can in an hour or two a day for 30 days. I’ve learned so much about how to learn languages, as well as how to learn things in general, how languages work, how memory works. [...]

Day 24 has dawned on the French Revolution. The French Revolution is my quest to learn as much French as I can in 30 days, spending just an hour or two a day studying. On day 1 I knew almost nothing about French. Now as the project stalks toward its climax, I know a lot [...]

This is Day 23 of the French Revolution, my personal quest to teach myself as much of the French language as I can in an hour or two a day for 30 days. Long has the French language oppressed the people, but liberty shall prevail! Today I’m going on almost no sleep. There’s plenty of [...]

Welcome, revolutionary fighter, to Day 22 of the French Revolution. The French Revolution is my quest to teach myself as much French as I can in an hour or two a day for 30 days, and this is the 22nd day. NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS If you’ve been thinking about doing your own 30 day language [...]

This is it, three hellish weeks of revolution, three weeks of fighting in the streets, fighting for liberty. Welcome to the French Revolution. This is my holy quest to learn as much French as I can in an hour or two a day for 30 days. And this is day 21. I ended up with [...]