>Que piensan en este "app" movil? >What do you think about this mobile app?
I found the paid version helpful for learning Spanish verb tenses and a few useful expressions, but it still took weeks of slow, awkward Spanish speaking for me to get the hang of what I learned. The learning strategy is extremely repetitious, which is not beneficial IRL, where words are used in many different settings.
Go leave, you tard. OP is obviously not a Hispanic with that atrocious Spanish.
No dejes que estos comentarios mamones te molesten. Es increible que quieres aprender otra lengua. Pero ten cuidado con duolingo, es una buena herramienta auxiliar para tu aprendizaje si quieres aprender palabras o para reforzar lo aprendido pero es muy mala manera de aprender en terminos de informacion y gramatica. Te recomiendo que tomes algo mas guiado y directo como un curso ya sea en persona o con un maestro. Suerte!
Nothing beats learning a language with a tutor who is willing to correct every mistake you make, while continually pushing you to expand your vocabulary and abilities. Extra points if she is pretty. BTW, "horizontal learning" is fucking a local girl who helps you with learning the language while in bed.
agreed 100%. ill be at 365 days on sunday. its nice that its free and its easy to use. the game aspect of it makes you want to continue. but the issue is, its TOO much game. you can get a lot out of it but it takes a lot of extra effort on your part.
i think, in addition to something else, its a good tool by itself? not worth it, even with the price.
No dejes que estos comentarios mamones te molesten. Es increible que quieres aprender otra lengua. Pero ten cuidado con duolingo, es una buena herramienta auxiliar para tu aprendizaje si quieres aprender palabras o para reforzar lo aprendido pero es muy mala manera de aprender en terminos de informacion y gramatica. Te recomiendo que tomes algo mas guiado y directo como un curso ya sea en persona o con un maestro. Suerte!
It's a side learning tool. And a good one.
If you want to learn basic shit for a trip ok, but If you only use Duolingo to learn a language you are fucked.
Over 10 years ago I took Italian in high school. I never used it since. I started duo lingo and am blowing through it easy. Is duo lingo just easy and gives the illusion of doing well or do I have an advantage because subconsciously I still remember a lot of Italian?
>Is duo lingo just easy and gives the illusion of doing well
thats exactly what it is its more like a game or a skinner box thats designed to keep you engaged not to make you fluent
It’s designed to make you learn the rudiments of a language quickly. At this it excels and you’ll zip through the early stages in no time if you have any existing proficiency at all. Once you have the basics you should put it to one side and start doing things like watching dubbed / subbed films and reading news websites. And then actually talking to native speakers.
any free (as in freedom) alternatives? i know of a few but nothing gamified. id also be fine with something proprietary as long as it doesnt have a subscription (paying for version upgrades is fine as long as i can keep going with whatever version i stop paying at) and doesnt contain spyware.
I think the little owl has not done a great job of teaching you basic Spanish.
I found its dull, occasionally surrealist drills a little helpful when I was playing with it to practice German; my syntax got better after a couple of weeks. But I wasn’t starting from scratch—I had taken real courses and passed a B1 test before I ever downloaded it.
I think it’s basically harmless. It neither sucks nor rules. But I can’t imagine it being helpful to an absolute beginner.
it is a good flashcards tool as it helps you build vocabulary same as any flashcard, repetition and making you store words into long term memory.
Learning vocabulary doesnt mean learning a language, you need to practice SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING, WRITING, your skill will vary for each of these 4 and its why you now get levels for each skill and not just for the language.
So use the gameified app but dont pretend you are doing language courses, you gotta read and learn grammar rules as a foundation.
If you want to really learn a language just immerse yourself, go to france and live among the french theres no better way to learn the language, second best are professional language courses of course
Imo the best way is to emulate how children learn. Say you want to learn Japanese. This sounds like a joke, but rewatch anime with subtitles, but try not to rely on them. Then transition into no subtitles. You'll pick up on things through immersion.
It varies from course to course. The Spanish one is pretty good imo, but some others, like the Arabic one, is absolute shit and is so weirdly structured as to be almost useless.
I've gotta say though, I studied Spanish very casually on Duolingo for about 2 years before going to Mexico. I was a bit deer-in-headlights for about 2-3 days, but after that, I was surprised by how much I could say/understand. I think it really gave me a nice foundation to begin using other methods. By the time you get like half way through the course though, you really should probably be switching to another method of learning. I don't touch it for Spanish now, although I am going through the French course now.
If you read the lessons for each level, it teaches grammar too. They're actually not bad in Spanish imo, and if you go deep enough into the course, you'll end up with a good basic grammar foundation. You can listen to the short stories there too, which imo aren't bad at all and are well graded.
Duolingo taught me so much for Japan. When I needed to ask something, the Japanese were more receptive to me when I talked in mediocre Japanese, than when I showed google translate on my phone.
There were a lot of Japanese people, and Taiwanese Japaboos, in the hostels who I practiced my Japanese with. I don't think I could have talked as much with them without the duolingo base
I bought into the blackpill that the older you get, the harder it becomes to learn a new language. What this means is that I've given up on any fluency. If I travel anywhere, I use as much English as possible, and I only learn enough of the local language to say: >Hello >Goodbye >Yes >No >Thank you >Where is the nearest bathroom? >Sorry, I don't understand your language >Do you speak English? >0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Stop being a retard, the knowledge sponge shit is only up to like 12 years old, no matter what age you start, you'll take the same amount of time. There's no cheat code to life. 900-2100 hours depending on the language.
You're retarded.
You just need to be motivated to learn. I'm conversationally fluent in Spanish and I started learning a year ago. The "secret" is actually wanting to learn and studying 3 hours a day with input and output.
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Thoughts?
Que piensieron de este applicacían mobíl de telefòno?
Duolingo sucks and is only useful as a supplemental tool if at all.
Duolingo sucks. It'll help you with basic vocab but that's it.
I've been using it for 6 months. I'd probably fail at the most basic convo in Spanish but can understand basic written stuff. You just get better at playing the app game, no way could you get fluent with Duolingo. I also want to smash my phone a lot because of the annoying as fuck characters, especially the little kid.
Also, what the fuck is the point in streak freezes? You missed a day, your streak is over. You are simply cheating and lying to yourself if you keep the streak going.
>¿Qué piensan ustedes sobre esta aplicación móvil?
I think it's a good starting point, and helps you keep in a learning rhythm. However, it does not compare with proper learning through books and exercises.
I myself am taking the Latin classes, and it's been entertaining so far.
Just downloaded it, native Spanish speaker. Seems solid for learning the basics, but some of the syntax is very Spain Spanish. There isn't a massive gap between it and central/south American Spanish tho, imo. Like others have said, definitely wouldn't rely on this solely as my language training resource.
We speak American here you fucking Hispanic.
Hell yeah, brother! Mountain Dew and Doritos! Yee-haw!
>Que piensan en este "app" movil?
>What do you think about this mobile app?
I found the paid version helpful for learning Spanish verb tenses and a few useful expressions, but it still took weeks of slow, awkward Spanish speaking for me to get the hang of what I learned. The learning strategy is extremely repetitious, which is not beneficial IRL, where words are used in many different settings.
Go leave, you tard. OP is obviously not a Hispanic with that atrocious Spanish.
Nothing beats learning a language with a tutor who is willing to correct every mistake you make, while continually pushing you to expand your vocabulary and abilities. Extra points if she is pretty. BTW, "horizontal learning" is fucking a local girl who helps you with learning the language while in bed.
ま。。。だいじょぶだ
i think you need another app cus "piensieron" is not a word in spanish brother
Semarang jelantan neranyut graskuttar kandhagiri.
It sucks. I only still use it because I have a 1000+ day streak I don't want to lose.
agreed 100%. ill be at 365 days on sunday. its nice that its free and its easy to use. the game aspect of it makes you want to continue. but the issue is, its TOO much game. you can get a lot out of it but it takes a lot of extra effort on your part.
i think, in addition to something else, its a good tool by itself? not worth it, even with the price.
No dejes que estos comentarios mamones te molesten. Es increible que quieres aprender otra lengua. Pero ten cuidado con duolingo, es una buena herramienta auxiliar para tu aprendizaje si quieres aprender palabras o para reforzar lo aprendido pero es muy mala manera de aprender en terminos de informacion y gramatica. Te recomiendo que tomes algo mas guiado y directo como un curso ya sea en persona o con un maestro. Suerte!
Donde esta la biblioteca?
It's a side learning tool. And a good one.
If you want to learn basic shit for a trip ok, but If you only use Duolingo to learn a language you are fucked.
this site is super annoying and the phone app is unusable
>me tarea es una munequa
Over 10 years ago I took Italian in high school. I never used it since. I started duo lingo and am blowing through it easy. Is duo lingo just easy and gives the illusion of doing well or do I have an advantage because subconsciously I still remember a lot of Italian?
>Is duo lingo just easy and gives the illusion of doing well
thats exactly what it is its more like a game or a skinner box thats designed to keep you engaged not to make you fluent
It’s designed to make you learn the rudiments of a language quickly. At this it excels and you’ll zip through the early stages in no time if you have any existing proficiency at all. Once you have the basics you should put it to one side and start doing things like watching dubbed / subbed films and reading news websites. And then actually talking to native speakers.
any free (as in freedom) alternatives? i know of a few but nothing gamified. id also be fine with something proprietary as long as it doesnt have a subscription (paying for version upgrades is fine as long as i can keep going with whatever version i stop paying at) and doesnt contain spyware.
I think the little owl has not done a great job of teaching you basic Spanish.
I found its dull, occasionally surrealist drills a little helpful when I was playing with it to practice German; my syntax got better after a couple of weeks. But I wasn’t starting from scratch—I had taken real courses and passed a B1 test before I ever downloaded it.
I think it’s basically harmless. It neither sucks nor rules. But I can’t imagine it being helpful to an absolute beginner.
Hispanicfags correct me cause my Spanish is rusty but I’d probably say qué tal esta app
I'm a professional translator and my 2 cents is:
it is a good flashcards tool as it helps you build vocabulary same as any flashcard, repetition and making you store words into long term memory.
Learning vocabulary doesnt mean learning a language, you need to practice SPEAKING, LISTENING, READING, WRITING, your skill will vary for each of these 4 and its why you now get levels for each skill and not just for the language.
So use the gameified app but dont pretend you are doing language courses, you gotta read and learn grammar rules as a foundation.
If you want to really learn a language just immerse yourself, go to france and live among the french theres no better way to learn the language, second best are professional language courses of course
Imo the best way is to emulate how children learn. Say you want to learn Japanese. This sounds like a joke, but rewatch anime with subtitles, but try not to rely on them. Then transition into no subtitles. You'll pick up on things through immersion.
It varies from course to course. The Spanish one is pretty good imo, but some others, like the Arabic one, is absolute shit and is so weirdly structured as to be almost useless.
I've gotta say though, I studied Spanish very casually on Duolingo for about 2 years before going to Mexico. I was a bit deer-in-headlights for about 2-3 days, but after that, I was surprised by how much I could say/understand. I think it really gave me a nice foundation to begin using other methods. By the time you get like half way through the course though, you really should probably be switching to another method of learning. I don't touch it for Spanish now, although I am going through the French course now.
If you read the lessons for each level, it teaches grammar too. They're actually not bad in Spanish imo, and if you go deep enough into the course, you'll end up with a good basic grammar foundation. You can listen to the short stories there too, which imo aren't bad at all and are well graded.
>but after that, I was surprised by how much I could say/understand
Dunning-Krueger
Duolingo taught me so much for Japan. When I needed to ask something, the Japanese were more receptive to me when I talked in mediocre Japanese, than when I showed google translate on my phone.
There were a lot of Japanese people, and Taiwanese Japaboos, in the hostels who I practiced my Japanese with. I don't think I could have talked as much with them without the duolingo base
I bought into the blackpill that the older you get, the harder it becomes to learn a new language. What this means is that I've given up on any fluency. If I travel anywhere, I use as much English as possible, and I only learn enough of the local language to say:
>Hello
>Goodbye
>Yes
>No
>Thank you
>Where is the nearest bathroom?
>Sorry, I don't understand your language
>Do you speak English?
>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Stop being a retard, the knowledge sponge shit is only up to like 12 years old, no matter what age you start, you'll take the same amount of time. There's no cheat code to life. 900-2100 hours depending on the language.
You're retarded.
You just need to be motivated to learn. I'm conversationally fluent in Spanish and I started learning a year ago. The "secret" is actually wanting to learn and studying 3 hours a day with input and output.
Duolingo sucks and is only useful as a supplemental tool if at all.
Duolingo sucks. It'll help you with basic vocab but that's it.
>The "secret" is actually wanting to learn
I don't. The whole world should just speak English, and it pretty much does already.
I've been using it, but I honestly feel I've learnt how to answer their questions, more than speak the language.
2-3 hours of listening, learning and practising in class with teacher is surely much-much better.
Alternatively, try to compensate it with doing all that by yourself and speaking with yourself as well. Schizo? Maybe.
duolingo tries to teach you something, it's better than nothing. But it's a dumb way of learning.
Do people just not realise it's completely normal to talk to yourself out loud?
Ok schizo
I've been using it for 6 months. I'd probably fail at the most basic convo in Spanish but can understand basic written stuff. You just get better at playing the app game, no way could you get fluent with Duolingo. I also want to smash my phone a lot because of the annoying as fuck characters, especially the little kid.
Also, what the fuck is the point in streak freezes? You missed a day, your streak is over. You are simply cheating and lying to yourself if you keep the streak going.
>¿Qué piensan ustedes sobre esta aplicación móvil?
I think it's a good starting point, and helps you keep in a learning rhythm. However, it does not compare with proper learning through books and exercises.
I myself am taking the Latin classes, and it's been entertaining so far.
Just downloaded it, native Spanish speaker. Seems solid for learning the basics, but some of the syntax is very Spain Spanish. There isn't a massive gap between it and central/south American Spanish tho, imo. Like others have said, definitely wouldn't rely on this solely as my language training resource.
I do duo lingo and some other things as part of a daily puzzle routine to fight off dementia
I do duo lingo and some other things as part of a daily puzzle routine to fight off dementia
I do duo lingo and some other things as part of a daily puzzle routine to fight off dementia