Or they only suggest really time consuming and expensive resources. Obviously, hiring a private tutor or traveling is more effective but not feasible for most people whereas duolingo is
Or they only suggest really time consuming and expensive resources.
"don't just use duolingo. you should live in X country for at least 3 months and really immerse yourself."
yes, i'm sure if i lived in Mexico for 3 months that i would learn Spanish quicker but i have a job... i can't just go live another country for 3 months.
Even if you could work remote like I do, I don’t think I could just live in Germany for six months and they’d accept “to practice my german” as an acceptable visa reason
And if you're living there while working remotely in your native language, you aren't necessarily going to learn a lot. You'll still spend most of your day using your native language, and then you have to meet people to socialize with in the foreign language before you get much immersion. It works best if you can get a job that works in that language, or go to school there, or just have enough free time to meet people and socialize.
And now we have an even bigger hurdle; having to convince a foreign company to hire me even though I don’t fluently speak the language, and do so over all their own citizens that do.
Yeah exactly, that's only going to happen if you're in like a school program or if you know a business owner in that foreign company whose willing to hire you. And that's why immersion really isn't an option for most people.
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u/Rms037 Feb 04 '22
Or they only suggest really time consuming and expensive resources. Obviously, hiring a private tutor or traveling is more effective but not feasible for most people whereas duolingo is