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@CitySlicker: duolingo is a lot better than it was a few years back, but I would not call it great. There are a lot of youtube segments, slow stories and even complete courses for the more popular languages (English, French, Spanish, etc). Some look pretty good...
Feb 19 · 6 months ago
👻 mediocregopher [...] · 2024-02-20 at 07:22:
We don't all have time for it, but taking a real class was what really helped me get somewhere. With Duolingo I made it through like two verb tenses within a year. Taking a class I did the other ten (?) in a few months. It was exhausting but it did really help. And it's nice to have teachers who will actually answer questions and have real conversations with you.
Duolingo app is bad — Duolingo app is pretty bad... it actually crashes. It pauses for prolonged periods after ads, and sometimes never recovers, requiring a shutdown and restart. The quality is embarrasing... All crashes happen after ads, confirming my bias Had they offered a free set of lessons and a clean way to purchase the product I would have paid by now. But kind of glad I didn't. For free, willing to tolerate the shitty app, for now. Aside from crashing, I found problems with with...