Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Create App Content

Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by yreg on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:15PM (#38919000)

I know of some people who have learned languages through Duolingo. I also know some people who took classroom courses and accompanied those with Duolingo – and they believe Duolingo was helpful in that sense. I know people who learned foreign language by a combination of Duolingo + staying in a foreign country at the same time.

I myself have used Duolingo to learn some rudimentary basics of a foreign language and I haven't forgotten those.

I doubt Duolingo is the most efficient, but that doesn't mean it's useless.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by simlevesque on Monday January 08, 2024 @05:21PM (#38919099)

I've learned a new language in the last 2 years.

You can't do it with just Duolingo. But I truly believe that there is no method except for full immersion which can make you learn a language alone. It's always: in person classes, reading, watching medias, changing your phone's language, going out to restaurants, language learning apps, making new friends.

Duolingo is effective, just not alone.

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