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When I say basic I mean like if someone clearly and not too quickly told me "le magasin est a deux pates de maisons", i would be able to understand it. But if s
by parker_mountain 3y ago
When I say basic I mean like if someone clearly and not too quickly told me "le magasin est a deux pates de maisons", i would be able to understand it. But if someone said something more complicated like "the store is, well, you must go two blocks past the red statue and then turn left onto the diagonal road", I would probably get lost. And I think that's where DuoLingo tops out at, at least for me. It's a great language intro but what it's lacking is a funnel into more immersive and challenging courses.
Also, I cannot speak the language at all. Or, barely at least. That is why I'm moving on from DL
(sorry, hard to write diacritics on this).
- ghaff 3y agoOh, I don't disagree. Although at this point, I doubt I could realistically parse normal spoken French at all although I can get the gist of simple written. I do think that, for most people, a relatively low effort introduction to a language may be useful to set a minimal foundation. But you probably need serious immersion to get anything even close to fluent.
- Vinnl 3y agoI'm at about that level for both French and Spanish. The French I learned in high school, the Spanish on Duolingo. And honestly, the methodology for both was similar too, except Duolingo is more fun. It's useful enough. I can read the signs to not get lost and navigate the supermarket, and it's a good base for if I ever wanted to properly learn the language with an actual course and immersion.