> I definitely made a fair amount of progress using Duo, but never got beyond the “struggle to communicate in any meaningful way” stage. How far did you go in

> I definitely made a fair amount of progress using Duo, but never got beyond the “struggle to communicate in any meaningful way” stage. How far did you go in Duolingo? I have been working away at it for 10-30 min/day for around 18 months and am around halfway through Intermediate 2. I find I can read and write quite well but my speaking has a lot of room for improvement. I feel like if I fully immersed myself in the language, the base I’ve built would allow me to get to oral fluency quite quickly.