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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by louthy on Monday January 08, 2024 @06:18PM (#38919857)
> I tried Duolingo once many years ago, but there's no way that memorizing words is going to get you all the way there. You need reading, writing, listening, and speaking practice in real world situations

I’m not disagreeing that multiple sources is necessary, but describing Duolingo as just a “memorising words” app is wrong.

It has reading, writing, listening, speaking, and conversation exercises.

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Re:Duolingo Cuts 10% of Contractors as It Uses More AI to Cr... by mtalantikite on Monday January 08, 2024 @11:08PM (#38922190)
That’s totally fair, I haven’t tried to use it in more than 5 years and it’s probably a lot more than I remember. It didn’t work for me though and I just wish I had found Assimil a long time ago.

If people find it a useful tool and it has helped them gain fluency though that’s great!

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