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Laura (45 KP) rated Duolingo in Apps

Nov 2, 2017  
Duolingo
Duolingo
Education, Social Networking
9
8.4 (61 Ratings)
App Rating
Easy to use (0 more)
I like this app. There are pictures and word matching activities, you translate to and from your native language from written words and by listening to a recording, and it records you speaking to get practice that way too. It's set up to just do a little bit each day so you don't feel overwhelmed, or you can do as much as you want.
  
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.8 (9 Ratings)
Book Rating
Beautiful poignant storytelling across generations
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most amazing storytellers. His descriptions are moving and stunning told with such delicacy and subtlety, I shed many a tear reading it. Spanning across generations, the group of people all tied together experience both wonder and loss. The different narrators were great, understanding the importance of the culture through the language. Highly recommended.
  
A brightly coloured, attractive book for the young reader, this book is aimed at introducing another language early on. Through both familiar and unfamiliar animals the opportunity for little one to hear French spoken and what the word looks like gives the parent a chance to expand the mind into other possibilities. I wish I’d had this a couple of years ago for my daughter.
  
30 Days of Night (2007)
30 Days of Night (2007)
2007 | Horror, Mystery
Very good take on the vampire genre set in an area of Alaska, performances are good and the vamps are very dark, intense and frightening and the movie wastes no time and grabs you from the very start, Danny Huston does a fantastic job as the lead vampire and the fact that they speak their own language adds to the mystery, moody and stylish!
  
The 13th Warrior (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
1999 | Action, Adventure, History
Everything (0 more)
Nothing. (0 more)
Arabs, Vikings & Mythical Beasties
I'm not capable of being objective about this film - it is one of my all time favourites, however it has a fantastic story and it's brilliantly delivered - albeit a bit gorily in places. However if you need one reason to watch this film, let it be for the fantastic scene that shows the protagonists linguistic journey to learning a new language.
  
What! The Earth Is Not Round!?
What! The Earth Is Not Round!?
Lucy Ann Carroll | 2019 | Children, Education, Natural World
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
What an awesome little book! This book is full of illustrations and facts about the Earth. It also poses some interesting questions. My favourite being: does the moon have earthquakes...should we call them Moonquakes? This book is very informative and the language is at a level that doesn't dumb it down but makes it accessible to all ages. And, the illustrations are awesome.
  
Blackbird, Book 1: The Great Beast
Blackbird, Book 1: The Great Beast
Sam Humphries | 2019 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Blackbird doesn't tend to be my normal type of story that I like, but I'm glad I gave it a try. I did like it. It has to do with wizardry and otherworld type of things, but it was explained well. The art is also beautiful and colorful. It's a fun escape from reality, but it's not for younger readers because of the language and some situations.