![]() Just because something is a game with fake internet points doesn’t mean it’s effective. Instead of focusing on learning a new language, you end up procrastinating towards your goals with a platform that only spins your wheels. ![]() Many people think Duolingo works because it uses gamification to make language learning “fun.” But this can be a bit misleading. While harder at first, it’s a far more effective strategy if you want to speak fluently. Instead, you should focus on thinking and speaking IN that language. Anyone who speaks a foreign language will tell you that you waste time going back and forth between your language and the target language in your mind. And translation (the core of its platform) is already widely known to be an ineffective way to learn a language. In fact, it’s just as bad as the education system Von Ahn criticizes.ĭuolingo outsources its translation services, allowing for awkward sentences to slip in undetected. We know far more about language learning, cognition, and memory now than we did when these systems were first invented, and yet, schools have not done much to change their approach to teaching foreign languages.
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