500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a language app

Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by moorhosj on Saturday May 04, 2019 @09:09AM (#19826189)

I’ve found no better technique than a language exchange partner. If you are learning Spanish, find a Spanish speaker trying to learn English. Meet up for an hour speaking English for 30 minutes and Spanish for 30 minutes. For me, this was the only way to put lessons into practice without the stress.

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by Lerner_Adams on Saturday May 04, 2019 @09:13AM (#19826208)

But it doesn't apply when it comes to unpopular(frankly speaking I am a Chinese and several years ago I tried my best to find a partner for English but failed) languages like Chinese.

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by wallflower on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:29AM (#19826657)

Have you considering paying someone?

Since friends will be hesitant to correct you when you make a mistake, I recommend iTalki (https://www.italki.com) as it is considerably less inexpensive than in-person lessons/practice.

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Re:500 days of Duolingo: What you can and can’t learn from a... by moorhosj on Saturday May 04, 2019 @10:33AM (#19826681)

I would think Chinese is a pretty popular language for people to learn. Did you try the local university?

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