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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by fatbird on Thursday April 12, 2018 @09:58PM (#16826595)
Besides what the sibling comment said, if all apps are generally not great, it speaks to a basic limitation of app-driven study of languages, at least, that indicates one needs to supplement. My plan was to use duolingo to get to the point that I could start reading French newspapers and watching French TV, which I assumed would add a dimension to my learning experience that I couldn't get from DuoLingo.

After this thread, I plan to move that step up as a check on DuoLingo.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by rayxi271828 on Friday April 13, 2018 @12:50AM (#16827196)
Reality check: after finishing the Duolingo French tree I tried to read Tintin. It was quite a wake up call, to say the least.

Since then by my estimate I know roughly about 4000 more French words, and reading lemonde.fr is still a struggle. Doing much better with Tintin though.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by RugnirViking on Saturday April 14, 2018 @09:06AM (#16837152)
Tintin is a fantastic way to learn french. Just wanted to stop by to say I found it super helpful as well :) I remember the first book I finished in french was tintin in russia
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