schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.org
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minus-squareSagittarii@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·1 day agoShould use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoSeconded. HelloChinese is so much better at teaching than Duolingo and it scratches the same game-like itch.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoDuolingo is good for “tourist style” language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.
Should use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.
Seconded. HelloChinese is so much better at teaching than Duolingo and it scratches the same game-like itch.
Duolingo is good for “tourist style” language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.