• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    Duolingo isn’t a good resource for learning a language, it’s focus is user retention

    Innovative Language and Lingodeer are better

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      10 months ago

      But, retention means repetition, so you learn more, right? Not trying to defend Duolingo but I’ve been enjoying it for the last 3 years or so. Almost got 1000 day streak and my Spanish is getting better.

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        10 months ago

        It is fair to say it helps people stick with it but it ends up avoiding harder facets and puts more focus on memorizing rather than learning

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          10 months ago

          Well, proper language learning is more about memorization than understanding. People learn language as a child through repetition, and the understanding comes later.