schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgduolingo@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.worldnews@beehaw.orgduolingo@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareSagittarii@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoShould use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.
minus-squareKacarott@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoDuolingo is good for “tourist style” language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agothis is the best app I’ve found https://www.superchinese.com/
minus-squareMeowZedong@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoSeconded. HelloChinese is so much better at teaching than Duolingo and it scratches the same game-like itch.
Should use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.
Duolingo is good for “tourist style” language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.
this is the best app I’ve found https://www.superchinese.com/
Seconded. HelloChinese is so much better at teaching than Duolingo and it scratches the same game-like itch.