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This seems like marketing. I tried Duolingo Spanish pretty much every day for 1-2 years at the highest rate (5 lessons/day IIRC) and honestly... I don't rememb
by cletus 4y ago
This seems like marketing.
I tried Duolingo Spanish pretty much every day for 1-2 years at the highest rate (5 lessons/day IIRC) and honestly... I don't remember any of it.
The vocab is extremely selective (and limited). It's too easy to guess answers without knowing them. Simple things like capitalization giving away the first word of the answer and trailing puncutation giving away the last. It seems like your recorded "fluency" just faded at a simplistic rate rather than there being any true attempt at spaced repetition.
And then there was the gamification. The main goal of this was, of course, to get you to pay. At some point (years ago now) they added this hearts system where guessing wrong would hurt you. This is completely counterproductive (IMHO). The streaks, the badges, etc. It just seemed like it was shallow engagement bait.
But an AI that learns what you need to learn? No way. Not even close.
- jghn 4y ago> Simple things like capitalization giving away the first word of the answer and trailing puncutation giving away the last This might be a newer feature and perhaps only on the browser version, as I don't use the app. But you can configure Duolingo to make you type in all the words freeform instead of suggesting words for you. This helps get rid of the little cheat you mention above.
- scarface74 4y agoThat’s not an option on the app.
- chrisfosterelli 4y agoI was just using the app and it is for me. Also the cheat mentioned above only sort of works because the app does remove them when it wants to make a question more difficult I've found.
- jghn 4y agoIt's interesting as I fired up the web app for the first time in a week (was on vacation to a country speaking the language I'm taking) and it won't let me select the keyboard option. I wonder if they're in the process of getting rid of it.