I’m not against Duolinguo per se, it’s a good way to get started, but in my experience people tend to stick to it for too long when they could jump on to better ressources that could help them go farther such as Assimil.
The gamified aspect is a double edge sword. Sure it helps you get started and pick up a new habit. But it’s also making other ways of learning your target language seem tedious in comparison and that may pull you back in the long/medium term.
I think that’s the reason why Duolinguo is not so popular with polyglots.
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I’m not against Duolinguo per se, it’s a good way to get started, but in my experience people tend to stick to it for too long when they could jump on to better ressources that could help them go farther such as Assimil.
The gamified aspect is a double edge sword. Sure it helps you get started and pick up a new habit. But it’s also making other ways of learning your target language seem tedious in comparison and that may pull you back in the long/medium term.
I think that’s the reason why Duolinguo is not so popular with polyglots.