Duolingo: Language Learning App

[Eco]

Has anyone used this for awhile? Did you find it useful or a waste of time?

I'm on Day 2, learning French, and while I really enjoy it, it'll be interesting to see just how much I learn from it.

Oh, and if you haven't heard of it but are interested in learning a new language, Duolingo is absolutely Free.

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[AKL]

I used it for a week to learn Turkish. It actually worked pretty well, but then I stopped.

If I were still going with it I'd probably know quite a bit of Turkish by now. It's effective.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

It's definitely not a waste of time. If you stick with it, you can learn the language you choose.

But if you're like me, it's the "sticking with it" part that becomes difficult.

 

[AKL]

It's definitely not a waste of time. If you stick with it, you can learn the language you choose.

But if you're like me, it's the "sticking with it" part that becomes difficult.

Yep, same here lol

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

I used it for my Spanish courses 2(?) years ago.

It worked for me.

 

[Lord Helix]

17% German fluency since randomly coming across it in the Play Store.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Just started it, taking it for Spanish since that will help be a bit with my job. Did the first lesson, seems like it will be overwhelming (obviously it is a new language?) but I shall keep it up for awhile and see how it goes.

 

[542365]

I just started using it to learn French. I took some French in high school, so I took the placement test at the beginning and bombed it it has been a while. The things I do remember are definitely coming in handy though. I've done 45 lessons in a couple days, most of which were easy review. I'm now starting to get to stuff that I don't remember at all and it's getting a little tough. The different tenses is what used to throw me badly. I really want to stick with it though.

 

[John Price]

It's okay but they lack the asian languages

 

[Eco]

I just started using it to learn French. I took some French in high school, so I took the placement test at the beginning and bombed it it has been a while. The things I do remember are definitely coming in handy though. I've done 45 lessons in a couple days, most of which were easy review. I'm now starting to get to stuff that I don't remember at all and it's getting a little tough. The different tenses is what used to throw me badly. I really want to stick with it though.

This is my story as well. Even plan to watch either the Habs or Sens this year in French which I know will help me by the end of the year.

It's okay but they lack the asian languages

I know you can request a language. I would imagine that since you have to write some stuff, that it would be more difficult since you'd have to use Pinyin (at least in Chinese).

I lived in China for some time and I remember how they taught it was VERY different than any language I've learned.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

This is my story as well. Even plan to watch either the Habs or Sens this year in French which I know will help me by the end of the year.



I know you can request a language. I would imagine that since you have to write some stuff, that it would be more difficult since you'd have to use Pinyin (at least in Chinese).

I lived in China for some time and I remember how they taught it was VERY different than any language I've learned.

I stopped taking French after I was 14, so most of the French I know now is from watching RDS for all these years.

I've had the app on my phone for a while now but haven't gotten started on any languages. French will probably be the first one.

 

[Eco]

I stopped taking French after I was 14, so most of the French I know now is from watching RDS for all these years.

I've had the app on my phone for a while now but haven't gotten started on any languages. French will probably be the first one.

Do it, it's really a nice way to learn a language. Plus the standards aren't so high as to get one discouraged easily.

I do feel like I'm learning, or re-learning French at a great pace.

 

[Oscar Acosta]

Started learning German because of this thread have never heard of it before and always wanted to know more languages. Hoping its successful because I hated language classes. App is actually kind of addictive.

 

[Pirate King Luffy]

Started learning German because of this thread have never heard of it before and always wanted to know more languages. Hoping its successful because I hated language classes. App is actually kind of addictive.

You never heard of German before?

kidding.


Also, it's Duolingo, correct?

 

[Oscar Acosta]

Yeah never heard of this German thing so figured it may catch on as a fad and I better get in on it soon, before it has a place in history ha

Yeah Duolingo. Way more engaging than anticipated upon reading this thread

 

[CrazedZooChimp]

I wanted to use it to learn some Japanese before going to Japan, but alas, it does not have Japanese

I may use it to relearn all my high school German, assuming I can actually stick with it. I've heard good stuff about it from people.

 

[Eco]

Also, it's Duolingo, correct?

Correct.

I started Spanish as well. As nice as French is, where I live it just makes more sense to learn some Spanish.