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⌈ Secret Post #3503 ⌋

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Re: Advice Thread

[(Anonymous)]

Has anyone used duolingo.com for learning another language? Was it any good? Did you find it worth using?

Re: Advice Thread

[sarillia]

I really like it, but I'm someone who loves to just dive right in and try to answer questions even before I've learned everything. I learn from getting things wrong and then correcting it. I also like to see a lot of examples and sort of figure out a lot of the grammar on my own rather than depending entirely on theoretical explanations of it. I learn better when I can get it to make intuitive sense to me that way.

But I know a lot of other people who don't like it because they want more information provided than Duolingo gives outright. In fact I know more people who don't like it than people who do. I just got lucky that it fits my preferences perfectly.

Re: Advice Thread

[(Anonymous)]

It is amazing and free.

That being said, the times I've used it, I've only done it in spurts. Learning a language is hard when you rely on self-motivated and don't have structure to push you through when you get lazy. And I don't think anything is a true substitute for finding a language conversation partner and actually speaking. That being said, for the cost of $0, Duolingo is probably the best you'll find.

Re: Advice Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm using Duolingo right now. Its alright, not the best, but really good for the price (free!)

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[(Anonymous)]

It's got pros and cons.

Con (in my view): I think you get more vocabulary/phrases than grammar? At least, to the extent that it teaches grammar it does so by putting phrases in front of you and getting you to just recognize them by using them. So, to use terms really broadly, closer to an immersion experience than a textbook? If you're the kind of person who wants to really understand the mechanics of a language, it probably will frustrate you. And if you pick up languages quickly, you might get frustrated with the pace.

Pro: it's easy, it's free, and it does teach you a lot just through a trial-and-error/immersion kind of learning. It also has you use the language in a lot of different ways, including speaking! Which you won't get from a textbook. The way the app (or the website, I suppose--I have the app) looks and works is fun, there's a bit of a game element involved, and you can adjust the settings so that it pushes you to do a little more in order to keep up a streak/win points/etc. Since I have it on my phone, for a while it became the thing where, if I had a moment where I had too much time and started getting bored, I'd say "better do my duolingo for the day!!" So it's a great replacement for solitaire, lol.

Bottom line: it's good. How good it is depends on what you're looking for, and I don't know how far it can take you, ultimately? I didn't advance very far in the end, but I'm lazy.