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10-11-2018, 08:26 PM | Topic Starter |
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Anybody try Duolingo?
Anybody try duolingo, www.duolingo.com ? After kicking myself for being young and dumb for not paying more attention in high school and college in picking up a foreign language, I am now trying many years later. The site is free and I have been using it a couple days. If you have experience with it what were your results?
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10-11-2018, 08:42 PM | #2 |
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The only way to truly learn a language is immersion. I lived in Germany for 6 months and left fluent.
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10-11-2018, 08:44 PM | #3 |
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Do you have access to native speakers? If so, use your website and then practice on them. Make sure they refuse to speak English with you and you can try it that way. |
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10-11-2018, 10:32 PM | #6 |
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Duolingo is great for practice and has a great interface. I disagree that total immersion is the only way to become fluent in a language. Check out this site I believe it’s called fluent in 30 days. I like this guys approach because he emphasizes eliminating learning unnecessary words that you’re never going to use. In other words learn enough words and phrases to hold a basic conversation and build your skills from there.
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10-11-2018, 08:48 PM | #7 |
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Is this only for lingo? Or does it support other languages as well?
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10-11-2018, 11:24 PM | #8 |
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I haven't tried duolingo, but I tried dugong once. It tasted a lot like manatee.
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10-12-2018, 07:55 AM | #9 |
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I haven't tried duolingo but my wife gave it a go and just wasn't committed enough to keep it up.
I knew a kid from Guatemala who came up here and spoke English very well. He said he only watched English language TV while his sister stuck with Spanish TV. He learned and she didn't. I think the best reason for immersion is to build confidence at least for me. My biggest block is confidence. I am afraid to say the wrong thing so I am very leery about trying to speak in a foreign language. |
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10-12-2018, 08:41 AM | #10 |
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Tried duolingo.
Realized I'd never have a conversation in spanish about onions (caballos) Leche (milk) el Pan (the bread) Laves (keys). eggs (huevos) So I gave it up. I did start getting basic concepts and started understanding mexican rest menus and phrases more. |
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