It really looks cool. But, why it doesn't have English? Or meybe if it does have, why isn't showed first? People who use language learning apps are focused in learning English most of the time. Still those who speak fluently are trying to improve their speaking and listening. And the first language which appeared for me was Brazilian Portuguese which is my mother language. [Edit] I was trying the Brazilian Portuguese…
Yeah. I been looking for a few months for services to improve my English in a cheap/free way. Until now some Discord channels have been my solution to practice conversation, but it would be nice to have this kind of service to speak anytime about any topic.
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Based on just a few exchanges in Dutch (I'm a native speaker), I'd say it's pretty good. The conversation sounds pretty natural (albeit shallow). Maybe the quality differs per language?
Dutch is a sister language of English so I’m not surprised
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I was guessing about about 15,000 hours I just think it has to be a lot time. I'm sure speaking helps most people who study languages simply by exposing them to more input more frequently then they would otherwise be exposed to. I just don't think it is as efficient as focusing on listening first. It will lead to having an accent, grammer issues and pauses to think about how to say things. That being said good luck f…
I think there's some merit to your argument, that there's some minimal level of understanding that's required before speaking becomes meaningful, but that your time estimate is off by two orders of magnitude. Working in Sweden, where tech companies speak English internally, I've been able to follow the language learning journeys of quite a few people (including some using the strategy "don't bother"), and the people…
But that may not be that realistic for most at least not without a accommodating and capable tutor.
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#278Tried it in German. Me: "Wie heißt du?" (What's your name?) It: "Tut mir leid, was?" (Sorry, what?) Not a great first impression.
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Sounds like an opportunity to build a business?
Yes, there are also millions of lonely elderly who would love to speak to someone.
It would shock you how many elderly are so desperately lonely, and more so how a simple phone call would pick up their spirits. Pretty crazy.
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#280What would be cool is if this eventually could work in a way that incorporates both languages (ex. Spanglish) and gradually shifts into the full foreign language over time.