Duolingo: Language Lessons
May 29, 2024
More About Duolingo: Language Lessons
Whether you’re learning a language for travel, school, career, family and friends, or your brain health, you’ll love learning with Duolingo.
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• Duolingo is fun and effective. Game-like lessons and fun characters help you build solid speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills.
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“This free app and website is among the most effective language-learning methods I’ve tried… lessons come in the form of brief challenges — speaking, translating, answering multiple-choice questions — that keep me coming back for more.” —The New York Times
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User Reviews
William-Claude Dukenfield
6 months ago
This is the one. Ive tried several apps and programs to help me learn Japanese, but this is the one that i was able to make a part of my routine to the point that im actually seeing real progress. Gamification works. Having said that, it is extremely frustrating that the creators feel no need to ever explain anything. It is just quiz after quiz after quiz, and hopefully, you memorize the correct grammar eventually without understanding why.
Chris Scofield
6 months ago
In theory, I really liked Duolingo. I've been using it for years to learn multiple languages. Recently however, they've started changing the courses as I go through them, so it believes I haven't learned words that its taught me and that I have learned words it hasn't taught. And now they've taken away the option to turn off speaking exercises permanently, even though they do not work with sentences involving numbers on Android at least. It's just gotten too frustrating to keep using.
Alisa S
6 months ago
Duolingo is a great way to learn a langauge. The characters are fun and it is a pleasant way to spend time. It allows you to add friends and it is nice to suppprt each other. When it opens. I am a devoted user but lately the app won't open! However, they let strangers track your progress, congratulate you, spy in you without your authorization. That feature is invasive and just problematic overall. It needs to be removed. The recent changes are also not an improvement.
Nikki Conner
6 months ago
I enjoy the app and I am learning a lot in conjunction with my own immersion into Spanish through conversations (outside of the app) and reading or watching a lot of Spanish-based entertainment. I've seen a vast improvement, moreso than my 10 years of study in school. However, since the most recent update I am frustrated with the glitches. When I earn a 15 minute XP boost they have been disappearing. Even by refreshing the app it doesn't make them reappear. Please fix this. :)
Alannah M.
6 months ago
I really, really love Duolingo. But recently, with the new update, I've been getting a bug where when I complete a level and it gives me a 15 minute XP boost, instead it completely gets rid of any active XP boost I have. I really hate this bug. I'm active in the weekly tournaments and try to maximize XP with my learning. Please help! It's so frustrating!
Dana DiMaio
6 months ago
I'm really enjoying Duolingo. It throws you right in without preliminary grammar lessons so you learn in a natural and immersive way. Seems like that would be tough, but Duolingo takes it slow and repeats often. It adjusts on the fly to how I'm doing, coming back to tricky words and keeping the difficulty level just right, where I'm challenged but always feel like I'm improving. It works best if used every day for more than one or two lessons, which it encourages with reminders and rewards. 👍👍
Imani Glasco
6 months ago
Great as review or a refresher but not useful for actually teaching your chosen language comprehensively. The app does not do a good job of teaching the rules and structure of a language. It's strong point is definitely it's ability to help review in various ways. I like that you can practice speaking as well as spelling and writing. It's like half of a language class. Also the friend quests and the timed matching competition suck. There is never enough time. You almost always need to get more
Zerubba Levi
6 months ago
Duo is a fun way to get regular practice. However, I wish the app did a better job of integrating old material/vocabulary with new content. It can feel like the lesson plans exist in silos apart from previous material. I have found it difficult to remember old words because they aren't integrated regularly into new lessons. I'd like the lessons to be more comprehensive.
Elys C
6 months ago
I noticed a huge increase in ad frequency, which has started to impact my experience negatively. It used to be every few lessons, which was fine, but now it's almost every single lesson. Things have also been a bit glitchy. Sometimes lessons continue behind the ads and popups. I even got a Facebook ad in Chinese and had to guess what button I needed to press to close it. This is very frustrating. I just realized they also removed speaking for free users?? The setting is gone.
Athena Clark
6 months ago
I love the ease of this game and how it motivates me to practice every day so I continue my streak. The only critique I have is I wish we could have a section to review basic words like verbs, adjectives, a list of all numbers as well as how to say first, second, third etc, and especially conjunctions, past and present tense. I feel like sentence structure/building could have a lot more focus. Maybe these are addressed later in the units, but this would be much better in the earlier sections.
Rene Acevedo (Descartes_Illustratum)
6 months ago
the application is very straightforward in that you learn lessons from a beginner conversation style to more advanced. some areas that are lacking are contextual statements that try to fit modern English dialogue that don't necessarily translate well. Also, some of the listening lessons have the speaker rush through words so you may not always hear a phrase or conjugation. of course, part of the lesson is for you to be able to communicate this statement correctly so it's likely a feature.
A P
6 months ago
It's definitely helping me learn some. The game-y setup definitely encourages you to keep going. I like the free trials that come up. I don't like that some browser version features are missing: you can't drag and drop the words individually, you have to remove every word before it, and miss the alternative answers that show up. And I wish there were verb tables. I don't like the sentences that don't get translated at all, just told right or wrong. Miss the forum explanations for wrong answers.
Scott Bixler
6 months ago
This app used to be a lot better. The old format was alot better for learning then the endless bubble trail. With every new update the lessons get scattered, I don't even know where in the progress of learning the language I am at any longer. It has changed alot for the worst. I used to have fun doing duolingo but now it is just a messy waste of time, because it isn't teaching me anything.
Leigh Richards
6 months ago
It's a decent program to learn a language, but not much speaking, and lessons do not explain why much. As there are a number of ways to say much the same thing, some lessons are a bit like the old dialogue method, not allowing variations. No place is available to see conjunctions. Lots and lots of ads unless you can pay to remove them. Testing often is not the same as just introduced in the lesson. The stories are fun and humorous.
User1 User
6 months ago
The app has too many bugs. Since the May 2024 update the display doesn't render properly. For some lessons, when choosing word blocks to respond, there is a glitch on the screen; the CHECK and CANCEL buttons are placed under the display controls (HOME, BACK, ETC.) Also the writing box for STORIES doesn't allow for scrolling, making it very difficult to revise ones writing. Plus, sometimes, the Duolingo server takes an awful long time to respond. These are not connectivity issues.
Ashley Bennett
6 months ago
I've been using this app for years. Lately I keep feeling like I'm not actually learning. I'm clicking hints and going through it . I think it's the risk of losing hearts and ultimately losing progress/streak. Having to have hearts in order to complete a lesson, especially as they get more difficult, is hindering learning in order to make money. I understand the need for money, but it previously was advertised as always free. Also, it shouldn't take over 24hrs for hearts to refill on their own..
Tia G
6 months ago
I enjoy learning on here, but would like some more clarification on some of the grammar rules. I'm lucky because I tend to pick them up, but would definitely recommend outside resources. If you ever have any issues, give up on getting on contact with anyone. I have the family plan and I can't even add anyone to it without having to contact support, which defeats the entire purpose. Then it takes literal weeks for them to get back (still waiting). I also can't edit my daily xp goal. No help.
Cat Harper
6 months ago
Love the app because it makes learning really fun, the characters are cute, and the streak's a great way to keep me coming back every day for practice. I think my biggest issue is that there's no way to see "textbook learning" - if you don't know the conjugation for something, you have to look it up outside the app. I wish there was a section for the boring stuff so I could see why certain words are used. TLDR: fun, great for keeping up on a language, not great for learning a totally new one
Codey Gallup
6 months ago
Most important it's free, you can upgrade but it's not a necessity unlike other language apps. Taking away discussion boards was the worst they've done, they were incredibly useful. Even if they were only for premium users it would be good. User support is non-existent, I attempted to reach out to no avail. It's mostly AI created levels, at least it seems that way, which isn't necessarily a good thing. It does seem like with every course rework they add one small feature that is beneficial.
Shaun Stephens
6 months ago
It has a decent variety of exercises. it does not actually do much teaching, in the sense of explaining how verb conjugation works or what new words mean, but if you toggle back and forth between a translator and Duolingo, it can be workable. It also sometimes chooses an odd word to focus on for many many lessons (for example "doll" and "lazy"): it used those words dozens of times in sentences.
