Not much energy for language learning at the moment...

So am likely to be quiet on here for a little while unless I suddenly manage to pick up momentum with Japanese again.  Keep meaning to go back to Duolingo and tinker with German again, and if Duolingo delivers the long-promised Chinese course, I might have a go at that.  A recent article claims that they're hoping to add up to 50 languages within the next few months, via the magic of crowdsourcing.  This sounds ambitious, but we shall see.

Benny's Japanese Mission

Benny Lewis has announced that he's aiming to get to B2 level in Japanese (with emphasis on conversational skills rather than reading and writing) in the next three months.  Should be entertaining to read, and he does good videos.  Previously on his site: Scott and Vat try to spend a year speaking only Spanish/Portugese/Chinese/Korean; no English talking at all.  This is probably brilliant for fluency but would drive me insane.