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They're shit for teaching grammar, verb conjugations and the vocabulary is quite limited, in some cases not even close to what native speakers use.
by Mikeb85 8y ago
They're shit for teaching grammar, verb conjugations and the vocabulary is quite limited, in some cases not even close to what native speakers use.
- spockz 8y agoI learned Italian from my mother and grandmother and other family so I can do okay in general conversation. However, conversing with young people is a different thing altogether. They speak faster and less articulated, and use a completely different vocabulary/slang. So it is not just about which technology tools you use but also who you talk with.
- rando444 8y agoI agree that they're bad at teaching grammar. That said, I believe it's also the user's fault if they're only using one tool to learn a language. That's quite a high bar that just simply hasn't been achieved yet, and at the moment I would consider it an unreasonable expectation.
- dazc 8y agoI have found Duolingo great for revising basic vocabulary (Spanish) but, yeah, for grammar not at all. I have also found that anything I have really learned (in a sense that I don't need to revise, I just know it) has not come from the comfort of an app but from the real struggle of trying to converse with someone in their native language.