Go and find a online community dedicated to the language your learning and search that community for guides and recommendations because it will get you way better resources than what duolingo can offer
And you can structure the way you teach yourself that language to make it easier to learn
It’s better to find resources that you can adapt to your way of learning as it’s better and easier
I’ve been using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and there are a lot of things I dislike about it. However, credit where credit is due, I don’t have a huge drive to learn but rather I’m opportunistically learning as I have time for self improvements sake. And for that, Duo does an ok job of feeding me new lessons and slowly expanding my knowledge of the language in a few minutes a day, and it’s free. After about three months I can go to a Mexican cafe, get a table, ask about the servers day, and chit chat about my kids, all in Spanish.
Which, if I’m being honest with myself, is more than I would have gotten self studying.
From someone who is learning Japanese (日本語)
Go and find a online community dedicated to the language your learning and search that community for guides and recommendations because it will get you way better resources than what duolingo can offer
And you can structure the way you teach yourself that language to make it easier to learn
It’s better to find resources that you can adapt to your way of learning as it’s better and easier
I’ve been using Duolingo to learn Spanish, and there are a lot of things I dislike about it. However, credit where credit is due, I don’t have a huge drive to learn but rather I’m opportunistically learning as I have time for self improvements sake. And for that, Duo does an ok job of feeding me new lessons and slowly expanding my knowledge of the language in a few minutes a day, and it’s free. After about three months I can go to a Mexican cafe, get a table, ask about the servers day, and chit chat about my kids, all in Spanish.
Which, if I’m being honest with myself, is more than I would have gotten self studying.