Yo Hablo Español

¡Hola!  I am meant to be at University today, but I'm still hideously ill so instead I have spent the majority of the day in my bed feeling incredibly sorry for myself.  I'm yet to be sick this morning, which is somewhat of a bonus, so hopefully whatever this is will disappear soon.

Now, if there's one thing I can't stand it's an unproductive sick day.  Whilst getting my daily fix of reddit this morning I managed to stumble upon a post about Duolingo so I have spent pretty much my entire day so far learning Spanish.  If you've never heard of this website before I highly, highly encourage you to go take a peek.  It's beautifully laid out, simple to use and really encourages you to get a grip on what you're supposed to be learning.

Duolingo's very pretty UI, also showing that I kick ass at speaking basic Spanish.

It uses a points system (great for people like me who have an insane desire to win all the time) and lets you monitor how many points you have compared to your friends.  Certain amounts of points unlocks more achievements and further levels of learning.  It's kind of like a game... but a game that's actually worth something.  Anyway, if you want to learn a language then have a look - it's free so it won't do you any harm if you don't like it.

The one complaint I have about it so far is the lack of languages.  So far you can only learn Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese but I suppose for a free language site I can't complain too much.

Anyway, I'm going back to learn some more.  If you decide to use the site, please friend me so I have more people to beat learn with.