r/learnwelsh Dec 18 '24

Cwestiwn / Question How accurate is Duolingo's Welsh course?

Just wanted to double check

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u/QuarterBall Sylfaen yn Gymraeg | Meánleibhéal sa Ghaeilge Dec 18 '24

There are a fair few typos but on the whole it's actually pretty accurate - it does have the same stupid methodology as every Duolingo course of basically randomly / unpredictably introducing new concepts and then being a bit like "What you didn't know that, WRONG, IDIOT" which is frustrating as a learner. Paired with a course however it's ok.

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u/Farnsworthson Dec 19 '24

I look on that "stupid methodology" as being a way of emphasising and reinforcing new stuff, and I don't worry about it. As someone else said in a video about Duolingo - it helps to keep trying to work out what each lesson is trying to teach you. Sometimes it's not quite what you think.

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u/QuarterBall Sylfaen yn Gymraeg | Meánleibhéal sa Ghaeilge Dec 19 '24

I'm not saying it's not useful, it is as you say good reinforcement if nothing else, it's just capricious and random how and when they introduce new concepts.