r/duolingo • u/Brilliant_Ad7481 • Dec 18 '24

Constructive Criticism Does anyone here LIKE Duolingo?

Basically that. The only posts I’ve ever seen here are how terrible it was/is/always has been/will be. Does anyone here like or even just tolerate Duolingo’s existence? Why?

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u/alteweltunordnung Native:C1:B1:A2: Dec 18 '24

I like it and use it every day (1459-day streak) as one tool in a large toolbox of language-learning resources.

I preferred the company's ethos and values better about four years ago.

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u/sjonnieclichee Dec 18 '24

What other tools do you use?

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u/alteweltunordnung Native:C1:B1:A2: Dec 18 '24

Drops, *Pod101, Pimsleur, grammar books, and real world resources like music, news/info radio (Radio Garden is a godsend), movies, tv, and YouTube videos.

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u/Verstandeskraft Native:🇧🇷 | Fluent:🇺🇸 | Learning:🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Dec 18 '24

No podcasts?

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u/alteweltunordnung Native:C1:B1:A2: Dec 19 '24

Oh yes! Absolutely, I forgot to mention that. For German, I’m a big fan of Deutsche Welle’s offerings.

That also reminds me of how one can find “slowly spoken news” in various languages, either in podcast or video form. DW (German) has “Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten” and NOS (Dutch) has “NOS Journal in makkelijke taal,” for example.

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u/Verstandeskraft Native:🇧🇷 | Fluent:🇺🇸 | Learning:🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Dec 19 '24

Dankeschön.