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[–] flango@lemmy.eco.br 30 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Duolingo is not about learning a language. It's about giving you the illusion of learning a language.

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 4 points 5 days ago

Look fuck the company but Duolingo absolutely can help learn a language

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

As long as I learn to ask where the bathroom is before I get there I'll bet ok.

[–] andrej@feddit.org 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Soon you can switch to Lingonaut and take your duolingo streak with you: https://lingonaut.app/

[–] Sporkbomber@lemm.ee 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Define soon. Their progress per language is around 10%, with the highest completion percentage being Czech at 20%.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's no way it'll have the language I'm learning any time soon lol. Duolingo is literally it besides traveling there and talking to locals

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Rosetta? What language are you learning?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Does anyone use Babel? Is it any good?

[–] Sporkbomber@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Babel is my Duolingo replacement. The lessons are better, not AI, with more actual teaching than Duolingo. I'm learning things Duolingo glazed over or didn't fully explain most lessons. Definitely recommend. Keep and eye on stack social too, I got my lifetime subscription to all languages for $140.

My wife is fluent in the language I'm learning and noted my improvement in 2 weeks of using babel. Granted I'm still an A1 but that's a complement I'll gladly accept.

[–] alyth@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I used Babel for a bit. The quality seems good. There's little to no gamification, it feels like a digital version of a classic language learning textbook. They offer around 12-13 languages up to level B2. If you decide to purchase a lifetime subscription, it's on sale every couple of months for 130-180 USD.

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[–] voodooattack@lemmy.world 59 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

2291 days streak

Fuck. I dunno what to do with this

Edit: just cancelled my subscription to super Duolingo. Fuck them

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I think posting your high score might make people want to top you.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Hello @DoubleSpace!

Is this where the line to top @voodooattack begins? I've brought a ✨fabulous✨ selection of headwear with me and I do daresay we'll find the perfect fit. How uh, oh dear !, how do you plan to top @voodooattack?

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (4 children)

It's unfortunate they stopped subbing...

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 44 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I stopped using duolingo a couple years ago because I noticed I was just doing the bare minimum to maintain my streak instead of actually learning something new.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

that actually helped me remember that my target language exists, it was good for me to at least have a brush with some learning on the days that i just didn't feel like doing much.

what was the final nail on the coffin for me was duolingo neutering the japanese course, they delayed introducing kanji so hard i was seeing the most basic basics like 母, 爢, θͺž, even 何 in hiragana, which made the course deeply counterproductive as reading japanese in hiragana only, when you know the kanji already slows you down considerably. consider: ははははγͺをもっています vs ζ―γ―θŠ±γ‚’ζŒγ£γ¦γ„γΎγ™, both mean "my mum has a flower" but one of them has a string of は you need to decipher the meaning of first before you can understand the sentence, the other's meaning can be understood instantly

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[–] ledge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Same thing happened to me. Also when trying something new, failing took something like gems or hearts. That made it so I only grinded the very easy lessons to get the gems and never actually using them.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 5 days ago

They're pathetic but not in a way I like.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Duolingo is so stupidly annoying these days. It has gotten so much worse compared to a few years ago.

Constant bugging, too many popups that are almost as bad as Microsoft products. I want to learn a goddamn language not jump through a hundred hoops every single time.

Not to mention that it all boils down to a guessing game. Some questions have multiple answers and unless you choose that specific one that DuoLingo had in mind it counts as wrong. It also won't tell you why you guessed wrong.

Are there better apps these days?

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 5 points 6 days ago

Duolingo isn't in the business to teach you a a language, that would mean you won't need the app anymore.

I've used Babbel, it seems more to learn a language, but it requires a paid plan to use. It does work more like an actual language course though, with more emphasis on longer sessions instead of 5 min per day.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago

6 lessons? ew.

[–] Nelots@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days 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 6 days 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.

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why the fuck is it still installed

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[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Exactly why I stopped so using it so quickly.

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[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What is duo doing that's bad with AI?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Generating excercises. Not only is it a way to cut staffing, but now you don't know if the thing you just learned is a real word or phrase or if AI hallucinated it up.

The word "hallucinating" for AI spewing falsehoods should be replaced by "bullshitting". Because, in all seriousness, that's what it is - as has been convincingly argued in "ChatGPT is bullshit"

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