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[–] GongFuFlashSteep@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Anyone have a good Duolingo alternative?

Mango Languages is available for free through many libraries and has an app.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At this point I'm thinking I'll just take a trip to Tenerife to continue learning Spanish.

Other apps aren't good at gamification I hear - and that was the only thing that kept me using it till a while ago. I have ADHD. The leveling up, streaks, etc, is what kept me going when the novelty of learning yet another foreign language wore off - I already had to learn two in school and I only ever really use one of them, you can guess which one.

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[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Busuu is a lot like Duolingo but you also get to trade corrections with real people learning your native language

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yes I love Busuu! I switched about a years ago and I feel like it's actually been teaching me Dutch instead of just brute force vocabulary memorization.

My only complaint is that it's really aggressive about asking for you to subscribe. I just close the popups and I haven't ran into anything that I cant do.

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[–] Nelots@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I remember a while back, I was too busy for a little while to use Duo and came back to the widget trying to guilt trip me into using it. Because I missed like half a week. It's so toxic and honestly isn't even that useful for learning. So I uninstalled that shit immediately.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 week ago

I can ask for an apple in so many languages.

Same, it was sad but I'm not gonna use the all anymore due to that decision.

[–] cathfish@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Has anyone actually learned any language with duo lingo ?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I learned probably 90% of my Spanish through Duolingo. My reading is good enough that I can usually follow along with Spanish news articles and Spanish spoken at a moderate pace. (So almost none of it, haha) I have hearing comprehension problems with English as well though, so that’s not Duolingo’s fault.

I’m definitely not fluent, but it’s not like I wouldn’t know what to do if someone handed me a form in Spanish, either.

Overall it’s just the repetition that matters. I don’t think I would know any less Spanish if I’d spent 20-30 minutes every day for the past 2+ years using a different app to learn.

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[–] tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

I'd be surprised if anyone has. You need to actually use a language to learn it properly. But an app is a good start and supplement.

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shit's got 80 million ads now. get fucked, ICE owl

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly why I stopped so using it so quickly.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why the fuck is it still installed

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[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What is duo doing that's bad with AI?

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[–] Sho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I had a streak in the triple digits, just un-installed it. I'll be damned if I'm going to use that AI slop anymore.

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