There’s a lot of negativity towards Duolingo in this post, and this is the top comment, so I might as well choose here to defend it.
Nobody has proffered a better alternative. There’s just a lot of complaining.
It’s pretty clearly implied by the nature of the complaints that Duolingo is one of, if not the, best way to develop a foundation for a new language. Being able to slowly develop correct pronunciation and the skills to read a new alphabet is nice. It feels effortless with Duolingo. Moving past basic grammar will take additional work outside of the app, but I would posit that it’s the early stages that are more likely to stop someone from learning a language. That’s where Duolingo excels. Language learning is extremely difficult, especially later in life, and Duolingo makes the most intimidating parts easy.
Personally I’m looking forward to language-learning conversationalists based on ChatGPT for conversation practice.
Nobody has proffered a better alternative. There’s just a lot of complaining.
It’s pretty clearly implied by the nature of the complaints that Duolingo is one of, if not the, best way to develop a foundation for a new language. Being able to slowly develop correct pronunciation and the skills to read a new alphabet is nice. It feels effortless with Duolingo. Moving past basic grammar will take additional work outside of the app, but I would posit that it’s the early stages that are more likely to stop someone from learning a language. That’s where Duolingo excels. Language learning is extremely difficult, especially later in life, and Duolingo makes the most intimidating parts easy.
Personally I’m looking forward to language-learning conversationalists based on ChatGPT for conversation practice.