Duolingo Still Sucks

Well, I’ve been using Duolingo for a few months, and my first impressions still hold. It’s not a very good way to learn a language. It depends on rote memorization, doesn’t proactively teach you grammar, has no vocabulary lists. The only way they even teach grammar is to get something wrong, then they condescendingly inform you of the grammar rules for, in my case, Spanish. Like they even taught you that in the first place. They don’t teach sentence structure, verbs, conjugation of verbs, nothing. It’s just a really shitty tool. Especially don’t spend the money on Pro level, you get nothing extra out of it, except no ads. I don’t know why they think teaching a language as a competitive thing is a good idea, you’re always competing against other learners.

Oh, an by the way, if you sign up for 5 minute lessons, that’s a misleading come on. I just spent 16 minutes doing my “5 minute” lesson. And at least 40% of lessons last at least 8 minutes. All for a measly 10 “points” in their competition.

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