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Can Duolingo actually teach you Spanish?

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Re: Can Duolingo actually teach you Spanish?

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A lot of the language learning methods out there really are built to be graded/measured. Books, courses, duolingo, anki - they all kind of seek to answer this question ‘how can we measure your language and make sure you’re progressing through it’. There are a few applications out there that are far superior for me, that don’t focus on this two way feedback. Language transfer is amazing, glossika used to be amazing (s…

I worked on a product for nearly 4 years that seems very similar to what you're describing. I would love to tell you all about it and what we could have done better, worse, etc... How can I get in touch?

Emailed :)

Also added contact details to my about page here in case that didn't go through / got sent to spam

Re: Can Duolingo actually teach you Spanish?

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I was always crap a languages. Top class for everything. Rock bottom for German. Tried lots of language learning things to learn Spanish, including Duolingo - but they just teach you vocabulary - and mostly weird stuff you don’t need initially. Then I stumbled upon Michel Thomas. I listened to the basic course and 2 weeks later I was in Spain speaking to people - even managed to talk my way onto a bus when I got lost…

You could also try Pimsleur. It's very effective for learning conversation essentials.

I tried Pimsleur first and personally didn’t get anywhere with it!
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