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I found duolingo extremely frustrating when I tried to practice a language I already had some knowledge in. It forced me to do a bunch of stuff I didn't care ab
by im3w1l 4y ago
I found duolingo extremely frustrating when I tried to practice a language I already had some knowledge in. It forced me to do a bunch of stuff I didn't care about. As most people will have some knowledge of cooking I think applying this concept to cooking is a bad idea.
- Bedon292 4y agoWhat did it force you to do that you didn't care about? I don't have any other language skills but it offered me ways to test out to higher levels and such. I figured that would get people with knowledge to a better spot.
- im3w1l 4y agoIt was a few years ago now so I don't can't recall the details. But the way I remember it, the testing out system was better than nothing but not good enough.
- pessimizer 4y agoYeah, it doesn't seem good for that at all. It bogs you down in things that are very easy (or even encourages you by gamifying flawless performances.) Even if you test out of units, the farther you move along, the more you realize that Duolingo sets up a very specialized arbitrary mapping of translations from English to the target language as you learn. If you've skipped ahead, you'll be missing questions because you translated "waste" as "malgastar" instead of "desperdiciar." Couldn't be more frustrating.