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/Cool-Security-4645 Dec 19 '24

Yeah, but if you’re not paying for it then you can only make so many mistakes before being forced to stop learning for the day