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Pimsleur is a much better method in my experience.
Right! Because with Pimsleur, you listen and repeat, which is how we learn to speak as children… naturally the easiest way to learn. Duolingo is a fun app game it seems, multiple choice quizzes etc.
I’m using it now for French. About 2 months and I feel like I could navigate my way around a little better than I could have but not fluent at all. I did start from step 1 and only spend 10 minutes a day on it though.
It’s not bad, but it doesn’t follow logically in my opinion. The way you should learn a language is base understanding (dog, cat, jump, etc.) and then focus on how to speak (conjugation, tenses, etc.) and they you buff out your vocab. Last time I used Duolingo it was just all more and more vocabulary, so I knew a lot of words but couldn’t use them in different situations (other than base form)
Agree - conjugations aren’t explained well at all so that is my biggest gripe.
Babbel and duo lingo both help sharpen but good to supplement with another source for grammar, conjugation, etc
Learn to speak first, write correctly second.
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I’ve learned German using it. It’s very interactive and as long as you practice a little bit each day, you’ll be good
I used it for Spanish for visiting Spain (my SO was using it as a refresher from high school Spanish) and to refresh myself in Italian (I already knew some) to go to Italy. It helped tremendously in Madrid and I remember being complimented a lot for my Italian in the Amalfi Coast. So I’d say it works!
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I prefer Rosetta Stone.