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| nystagmatic Triglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4309 days ago 47 posts - 58 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, French Studies: German | Message 1 of 19 07 February 2013 at 12:47am | IP Logged |
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I looked around a bit and I don't see Duolingo being mentioned often on the forums lately. I've been using it for French and it's been pretty handy, but I'm curious to hear other people's opinions on it. Have you tried it? Was it useful? How far did it take you?
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| sillygoose1 Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 4636 days ago 566 posts - 814 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, Spanish, French Studies: German, Latin | Message 2 of 19 07 February 2013 at 4:36am | IP Logged |
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I tried it for Italian & Spanish. If I hadn't done Assimil, it would have been great for me to start with. So when I tried it after Assimil, it was way too boring and slow for me.
If I wanted to re-learn German or try Portuguese, I'd definitely start with it then Assimil. It uses all of the basic vocab that one would find in a beginner's textbook or uni class, but not in Assimil. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5560 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 3 of 19 07 February 2013 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
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I used it intensively for a couple of months, but I eventually got too bored and frustrated. Curiously, for a site that has ambitions to be a universal translator, it's translations in the lessons are just too horrible.
That said, it was a lot of fun for a while, I'd definitely recommend trying it. Edited by schoenewaelder on 07 February 2013 at 6:08pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5166 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian | Message 4 of 19 07 February 2013 at 6:56pm | IP Logged |
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I'm going to wait till less-commonly learned languages show up. I tried German but it is still boring.
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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6959 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 5 of 19 10 February 2013 at 11:44am | IP Logged |
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I'm currently using it for some light Spanish revision and a bit of a dabble in German. I quite like the gaming aspect of it, but there are things that are frustrating (some of the English translations are pretty awkward). I wouldn't use it as the heart and soul of my language studies, but it's a pretty cool supplement.
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| PistolPete Newbie Scotland Joined 4382 days ago 28 posts - 33 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Italian | Message 6 of 19 10 February 2013 at 5:32pm | IP Logged |
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I use it for Italian but like the others can find it incredibly tedious. That said, it's handy for practicing the different forms of words and conjugations of verbs.
Good when you've got a spare 10-15 minutes on the computer, but not amazing. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5066 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English*, Bulgarian*, Spanish Studies: Danish | Message 7 of 19 10 February 2013 at 7:13pm | IP Logged |
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It's a good concept, and I used it for both German and French but I find the phrases used awkward and impractical.
Also you can only study what they want you to and sometimes the lessons, up to 15-17 per concept, get too daunting to complete. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| GramFrea Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4305 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Spanish, French | Message 8 of 19 11 February 2013 at 7:26pm | IP Logged |
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I enjoyed it whilst it was still novel, but I agree, I really didn't like that I wasn't getting proper feedback from my
translations, and only what people thought 'looked right'. However, it did give me some basic vocabulary in Portuguese, so there's good points and bad. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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