There have also been several changes making Duo less useful as a resource used together with something else or as review for the intermediate learners. I see no reason to waste time on Duo even as a beginner. But right now, you will spend ages on what is covered in the first few units of a normal coursebook. Learning the content and moving on.īefore the changes, I was getting good value for my time. Every other beginner resource considers the opposite to be success. They consider sticking to Duo forever to be the main goal and sign of being a successful learner. One of the reasons is rather clear in ever "research" article they publish. the last few changes of the system really brought people many more dumb exercises than the valuable sentence translation ones). They've turned several of the main trees into hyperslow tedious ones and moved the balance between the various types of exercises much more to the easier side (a few people on the duo forums counted. Years ago, I liked their old Spanish tree and German tree, they did what I had wanted. I have coupled Duolingo with watching french tv and speaking with some friends who are fluent in the language.ĭuo used to be good as an easy introduction to the language and a way to just try it out before commiting. Does anyone else have a similar experience or is there genuinely an excessively more efficient way to learn a language. I feel that the reason Duolingo get's it's reputation is because of it's app style format and casual users, however, i have found when used as a complete learning tool it has been largely effective. I have seen people say that Duolingo is to repetitive however, this is required for learning a language is it not? as for not being able to speak a language, i agree that Duolingo does not do a great job of conveying speech but it has increased my vocabulary enough that i can communicate semi effectively with people and understand what they are saying. However, everywhere i look Duolingo seems to be the butt end of the joke when it comes to language learning and i am genuinely curios as to why. I have been learning french using Duolingo for the last month, and have found myself making significant strides towards a understanding and speaking of the language. TLDR: i find Duolingo to be a strong tool for learning language and disagree with the general criticism of the program but am open to suggestions.
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