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> Back in the day Duolingo was already a very slow progression repeating stuff you already knew endlessly. This is the only way to learn. You repeat things you
by simlevesque 4y ago
> Back in the day Duolingo was already a very slow progression repeating stuff you already knew endlessly.
This is the only way to learn. You repeat things you know many times to commit them to your memory.
- aix1 4y ago> This is the only way to learn. You repeat things you know many times to commit them to your memory. Mindless repetition is not the only way to learn. For many types of things, understanding the rules or knowing the patterns is far more efficient and effective. We were just talking about German noun genders and plurals elsewhere on this thread. Of course, one can memorise the gender and the plural of every noun in isolation, by rote. But simply knowing a few common patterns would save an incredible amount of effort.
- aeyes 4y agoI said "stuff you already know", there is no point in repeating vocabulary which you already know. Some words or phrases are easier to learn, others are harder. Duolingo has no way to only work on your weekness. It's more time effective to put them on a piece of paper and to go through them a couple of times.