I think the author would have had a better reception without the triumphant “canceled French tutor” framing. The juxtaposition of “learning a language” with “cutting out the human element” is very off-putting.
I think the author would have had a better reception without the triumphant “canceled French tutor” framing. The juxtaposition of “learning a language” with “cutting out the human element” is very off-putting.
Yeah. I am definitely not saying one must spend money on tutors. You can learn French without tutor, actually. French is one of those languages that have fairly large amount of free or cheap high quality resources available online.
But, the learning writeups that lead with the "learning something new" part kind of feel better the those who put unnecessary emphasis on "canceled tutor". So, you get something inspiring like a book they can read now (and could not before), about podcast they understood (and could not before) or a little about successful small talk in French. I have no idea about what the author learned in what time.