By Kayla Beard, Marketing Intern at Heinz Marketing
I studied abroad in Europe during the winter quarter of my junior year. My home bases were in Paris and Madrid, but I traveled all over the world. About six months before going, I started to get really stressed at the idea of being alone in a foreign country. I was very afraid the language barrier would make it extremely difficult to enjoy exploring the different countries. After mentioning how I felt to my friends, they suggested I download the app Duolingo.
Duolingo is a free language learning application. With over 35 languages, Duolingo allows anyone to learn a language with just the download of an app.
To get started with Duolingo, you first pick the language you want to learn. In my case, I wanted to refresh my four years of Spanish and start learning French. I was so shocked at how easy and