Is Duolingo really useful?
I mean he's not wrong (from my personal experience). I used to try and learn German on Duolingo during lockdown and had reached a streak of 250. But when I look back, I feel I couldn't even speak 3-4 lines in German at that time let alone today. I understand there can be various reasons behind that. Just curious has anyone managed to gain fluency in any language via Duolingo?
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I played with the cricket bat daily for 5 years even posted streak on snap with my bat to know my total days effort but did not get selected to IPL or even to domestic, I feel I should blame the bat or invent a new sport
Gamification companies only care about DAU/MAU, let’s make users addicted to maintain the streak and based on active users numbers, raise funding and burn more and grow more $$$$
I started using Duoligo to learn Japanese, tried it for a month . Learnt a few words , that’s all. Although I didn’t continue due to other reasons, but i find the app quite gamified. Not sure if there are better apps or platforms in the market for the same.
I feel the same. Came across this research paper discussing it's effectiveness in improving foreign language knowledge:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09588221.2021.1933540
You cannot achieve fluency in any language solely through Duolingo, but it is a fantastic supplement to the language you are learning. I'm an active user of Duolingo with a streak of over 300 days.
Really? What language are you learning, it's been a year for you