Well, of course no one can get fluent with Duolingo. They’re too busy trying to save their families’ lives.

Duolingo + constant exposure to language can.

Duolingo introduces you to the language. You have to do more outside of it to become fluent

Tbh constant language exposure plus duolingo is probably the best way to learn a new language

It’s not just about memorizing the phrases that they gave you. Yes, the phrases may seem random, but it also helps you memorize words like she he man woman and then you can combine those into a sentence

My dreams of joining the Italian mob. Ruined....

I mean, I'm sure that yelling "Oh nein! Wo ist die maus!" Should get me through most social interactions just fine.

my dad uses it to learn spanish and he’s really good by now but he’s also around spanish people

Ive gone from knowing zero spanish to actually watching shows and understanding when people talk in just a hundred days. But it is ten thousand times better than how i learned arabic in school. Imo spanish is one of their better courses. And while you won’t be fluent its a great place to start and test your skills so you have an easier time in a class. I also have to mention i watch a lot of spanish shows and i have always been generally good at languages. Duolingo is the best app out there honestly

I use duolingo and i can understand a lot of other languages on shows/people talking in them/ etc. so i think duolingo is great

Duolingo+anime with no subtitles ✌️

Duolingo even recommends if you want to be fluent, speak with people in that language or watch movies and tv shows in that language

Listen I believe that after you have an idea and how to use the words/ phrases correctly, you can start to understand more for example while watching videos with the foreign language

well I didn't know english before pandemic at all but after watching English movies stories and other English based content during the pandemic I am now successfully a native speaker. oneof my native friends said so. I am an indian

It feels like it would help if you were to write down what doulingo was saying and practice using that, as someone who doesn’t know anything about Chinese, doulingo is really helping me with figuring out words how to say them properly how to write them correctly etc

Well I’m learning German to mess around in school so I don’t need fluency but I will definitely watch some “German” speeches

Duolingo is, and should be treated as, an addition to many other things that should be done every single day in the process of learning a language.

Basically, to achieve the fluency, expand your learning process

That's why I use Duolingo along with other things, like when I learn a new language I start with 5 units of Duolingo, then I start searching for songs and shows that uses that language, I start repeating after them, making sure that I look for the translation, after that I start trying to read kid's books moving my way up to the next age category. Ofc I'd be watching TikTok videos abt that language and of people that speaks it, and try to focus on what they're saying and how're they pronouncing it.

You can't get fluent in duolingo but you can learn "A man with a cat" fr

Today I hit a 900-day streak on Spanish Duolingo and I would barely even describe myself as a beginner haha. I love the interface and to be fair I only do one exercise a day but I basically know nothing.

Experts used to think it takes 5-7 years to achieve fluency in a language, now we know it takes longer.

Duolingo is good for on the go practice/vocab learning, but I definitely don't think it's effective on its own. For Korean I'm using TTMIK's work books and I think that's a more effective way, but Duolingo is GREAT for when I'm on the go to practice or do something quick without getting my books out. Plus good at practicing pronunciation and reading Korean while in my TTMIK workbooks I focus more on writing and sentence structure.

People forget that duolingo isn’t teaching you how to speak the language only how to read it

yes i also think duolingo doesn't help in fluency but it definitely work for vocabulary 3 years ago i started learning spanish but unfortunately i couldn't cause duolingo doesn't teach grammar except phrases and vocabs nowdays i am learning korean so i decided just to work on my vocabs and do grammar and listening from youtube and other websites

Duolingo plus watching shows or movies or simply interacting with people on the internet in a specfic language and learning thinga like common words and how to structure sentences is the key to becoming fluent within a year

Duolingo literally makes you feel like you’re in the country of the language ur studying for instance like meeting new people and going places with the characters they have in Duolingo and hearing conversations in the stories they give you so I don’t know what u talking about maybe Spanish classes in School won’t help but Duolingo is absolutely different to learning in class it gives a different experience I’m in a 47 day streak before this I never studied Spanish in my life and I literally know all the basics of Spanish already and some other words I’ve tried having conversations with Spanish people and I actually understand what they say and what I should say next

The recordings do sound like the natural language tho. But I agree. What exactly do you think could be added in order to become fluent with duo? Maybe video clips or songs? With the advent of chatgpt and advanced ai, I imagine soon it will become easier for companies like Duolingo to incorporate conversational aspects as well. It's a good starting off point in my opinion but I hope soon they develop more features like this to help people learn faster and more accurately.

Well depending on the language just hearing it or being around it doesn't help unless the one you are talking to is being clear and is pointing at stuff but the new words you learn in duolingo help you even if by a little to understand more of the language

I like How Duolingo keeps you involved in the broader context of learning languages. It’s a great tool of many

I tried duolingo for 2 months to learn korean but it didn't made me fluent BUT it help me to gain more vocabs and read the alphabets a lot faster. Duolingo is just helped me to instantly recognize words. But text books and ebooks, watching variety shows, helped me a lot as well. Now, I can understand a little bit without subtitles. It not be fast but it's still a progress

I am wanting to learn swahili too, in addition to japanese, spanish & my main studied second language of german. My goal would be finding friends who do speak them. 🦓💚

So duolingo plus movies podcasts music etc

Why does everyone care about “fluency” so much? You don’t have to know every word in the language to know how to go about your day just fine, and a duolingo course will teach you enough vocabulary and also get you enough of a feel for the grammar for you to be able to do just fine

Can I shock natives with Duolingo?

So can I be fluent with duolingo + Chinese drama ?😢

I write down new words in context of what I'm learning expand my vocabulary. But yeah, I think I'll have to find some native speakers soon.

I started using Duolingo because I didn't know how to read and write in Spanish, but I do know how to speak Spanish becuase my parents are from Guatemala and only speak Spanish, so I teach them English.

I can't even catch your fluent in english

I learned English with duoling, and I can understand what you say well, now I want to learn Japanese

I learned english from watching movies. And shows like mr bean, which there are very little dialogue. I match the sound(words) to the behavior or movement of he character which makes me understand what they are saying. So basically, i will try to finish my duo lingo stuff and then try to watch some french movies (mainly kids movies to try to listen on some easy words) and then i would read a book. Pretty easy in my opinion.

Being immersed in the media of the language your trying to learn definetely helps

For myself I can say that it helped me speaking fluently. As an example: I had studied Spanish for 2 in class and couldn’t speak longer than 1 Minute in Spanish. (Maybe also cause of the switch of the teacher) Then I started to learn Spanish in Duolingo. Since learning on Duolingo I improved my vocabulary, my grammar and I got much more confident while speaking Spanish. Now I am even able to give fluent presentations in Spanish.

Doulingo Japanese plus watching anime should get me fluent

Duolingo is a great way to start then with time you can expose yourself to more complex language. I learned German with duolingo and it's actually great

Only with Duolingo I understand you completely, for me it is working perfectly in learning English, I have 906 days of offensive and I only study for a few minutes, It's been 11 days since I started studying 3 hours a day, and it will be like this 💪🏽

My tip is to listen to songs, TV shows, and conversations in the language you are learning. Also, it is a good idea to join a chat room with mainly the language you are learning. This and duolingo.

I've been doing Yiddish Duolingo for two years, more seriously in the last several months, and I listen to lectures and conversations in my community. My understanding is about 90%. My speaking is weaker, but I don't work on that as much.

Duo is fun tho

When I was an early English learner in my primary school days(in India), even though I could understand my teachers and read well, I could never understand English spoke in Movies and Cricket matches. Constant exposure to Cricket, Music and Movies in English made that possible.

Yes

Like most skills, videos and apps are most likely best for intro and review, especially review

I'm in Spanish 2 and I use Duolingo whenever I need a small refresher about something.

Any language you don’t use constantly you will lose even if you only speak one language. You will forget some words you learned and terms if you never use them. Duolingo is a great app taught me basic Spanish and I’m still learning.

Duolingo is good as a vocab reminder

Duolingo is really great for learning vocabulary, and I actually could identify a lot of words in shows that I learned there. However, only taking this approach without actually listening to the language in other contexts then yeah it won't get you anywhere.

It’s good to unfossilize grammar errors that you may have.

I use Duolingo in conjunction with Subtitles on films that I watch. After I get used to and learn more and more words I will go into watching films and TV in the language I want to learn.

You HAVE TO actually speak the language to learn it (fast). That’s so important. But Duolingo can definitely help you learn new vocabulary to use them in a conversation

I have a question, if duolingo doesnt get me fluent french, can i be able to understand people without any problems?

no wonder im fluent in english but not any other language

Ok that sounds good but I really need an interactive experience for Korean and that’s what apps are so do you have any apps to recommend

I got my golden owl in Italian 3 times. No, not fluent. It gets you in the door only.

I love Duolingo❤

You look like an actor from the flash series

It's not about streak. It's about progress and consistency

I think if you combine Duolingo with maybe a tv show that you like in said language then it would be possible to achieve fluency but it may still be har

The story version is perfect in duolingo

Good thing I know people who speak spanish as well so im set

Once I finish my Japanese course I'll have to say buhbye to that steak and move on to other ways like just exposure

That's why I got a friend also 布団が吹っ飛んだ。

Whenever watching a show put it on Japanese audio and English captions

Duolingo è stato un bene italiano per me. Il bene italiano è per Duolingo. Lo consiglio vivamente grato

you acctually can in some languages, l heard from many that there fluent is esperanto, and some of my german speaking frends alsowe with dutch

This dude needs to be protected. There’s a green assassin after him now

What are some other actionable everyday things we can do? I use Duolingo everyday

実際には47日間続けて学習しているような気がします。

Duolingo plus music and shows in target language

What should I use I’m struggling 😭

So would learning Duolingo French first and then doing something else work? What would be that something else? KZfaq videos or somethin?

By finishing a tree yes

Duolingo is a tool to build vocab and grammar. Fluency comes from regular conversations with people that speak the language

Duolingo my favorite

For me, duolingo is pretty helpful to build your grammar and vocabulary, but the problem with people who learn languages, is they didn't experimenting with what they learn... For example, people who use duolingo as a game and just go with the flow but didn't take the time to analyze the language formula like what kind of tenses used in certain sentence, how each grammar used in different scenario, didn't take a note, didn't formulate their own sentences, didn't practice conversation with other people, and so on...

I have a friend that is learning Japanese and now he is watching anime in Japanese, no sub and if he does not know a word, he just searches it and tries to remember it. So in this case Duolingo did a good job

Step 1- Memorize alphabet and large vocabulary Step 2- Learn to piece them together + grammar rules Step 3- Hire a language coach and start learning by watching tv in Spanish Step 4- Take your skills to war.

I can understand English very well (1-2 years of only english youtube) but I can't really speak it. Is duolingo good for practice grammar and speaking?

Watch cartoons n such in the language ur trying to learn!!

What app would you recommend for learning tho 😭

Using Duolingo is like learning off of flash cards that will only teach you phrases and broaden your vocabulary to an extent

I tried to learn Spanish using Duolingo. I quit after 9 months when I realized that I could talk about how much my cat liked to swim in a swimming pool, but could not ask where the bathroom was.

My streak is 1183 on Duolingo i started over covid

Duo + family/friends who speak the language you're learning + shows/movies in the language you're learning will help you don't have to necessarily have to have the accent when speaking in the language they should appreciate your efforts in learning the language when visiting the country, but it will help in communication if you have the accent when talking in the language... I'm learning German on duo I haven't watched movies or shows in the language but I'm learning...

¿Practicaste tus lecciones de español???

Also Language simp getting fluent French in 4 minutes on duolingo:

How do you get exposure to the language? Like watching TV shows in Spanish? Or?

¡Parece que te perdiste tu lección de español de hoy!

Without those subtitles i would hear no language

Me too! 3 years and still can't speak Spanish.

Can it work watching shows with the language ur learning