What are the disadvantages of Duolingo?

Cons
  • Its speech recognition software has a long way to go.
  • Keeping up with constantly decaying skills can feel discouraging.
  • Some of the translations are iffy.
  • If you're serious about learning a language, Duolingo does NOT stand on its own.
  • The reward system is great and will keep you going.
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Can Duolingo be trusted?

Duolingo's community guidelines indicate that Duolingo ensures a safe environment for user interaction by removing inappropriate and offensive content, but some personal information may be publicly visible. However, Duolingo warns users not to overshare personal information when interacting with other users.
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Has anyone actually become fluent from Duolingo?

"Fluent" is a misleading way to measure how well you know a language, because it implies there is an endpoint to learning it. In fact, there's no test or language criteria for deciding if someone is "fluent," and language learning experts instead talk about proficiency.
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Should I stop Duolingo?

Conclusion. You can continue to use Duolingo to learn a language. However, Duolingo should not be used as a standalone resource. It would benefit you immensely to either supplement Duolingo with one of these resources, like HelloTalk, or replace Duolingo with Busuu or a phrasebook like the ones from Lonely Planet.
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Is Duolingo a waste of time?

It's a waste of time. In fact, it's just as bad as the education system Von Ahn criticizes. Duolingo outsources its translation services, allowing for awkward sentences to slip in undetected. And translation (the core of its platform) is already widely known to be an ineffective way to learn a language.
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Stop using Duolingo! Why Duolingo is bad for language learning



Is Duolingo a killer?

The Bird, A.K.A The Duolingo Bird is a killer of pure evil, focused on becoming more powerful if survivors choose to not complete their Spanish lessons in time and taking other survivors hostage as punishment for not doing so.
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Is Babbel better than Duolingo?

After thoroughly testing out and reviewing each language learning program, we feel that Babbel is better than Duolingo for multiple reasons. Based on the strength of their curriculum, teaching style and delivery, we rate Babbel as the superior app over Duolingo.
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What is the easiest language to learn?

And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…
  1. Norwegian. This may come as a surprise, but we have ranked Norwegian as the easiest language to learn for English speakers. ...
  2. Swedish. ...
  3. Spanish. ...
  4. Dutch. ...
  5. Portuguese. ...
  6. Indonesian. ...
  7. Italian. ...
  8. French.
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What is the longest Duolingo streak?

The longest streak on Duolingo is over 7 years long (2805 days) and was earned by user christi3. However, multiple users have accomplished this feat of a world record Duolingo Streak and have made it onto a Streak Hall of Fame. Above you can see the list of users who have completed a streak of over 2555 days.
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Does Duolingo kidnap your family?

Duo the owl is known to be nefarious, and this year he is kidnapping people for not finishing their language lessons. Language-teaching app Duolingo on Friday released a global campaign about missing students neglecting their language lessons. The main culprit is Duolingo's notorious mascot, Duo the Owl.
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Does Duolingo send threatening messages?

Granted, Duolingo users can turn these notifications off, and if you ignore them for long enough, the app will send you the ultimate passive aggressive alert: "These reminders don't seem to be working.
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Does Duolingo record your voice?

When you take a Live Speaking Lesson, we will use your computer's microphone throughout the lesson to speak to your tutor. You also have the option of using your camera to share your video with your tutor. Duolingo records these audio and video lessons and retains them until you close your Duolingo account.
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Who is the best Duolingo player?

Congrats to John Arnold, who has the highest-ever Duolingo streak of over 2000 days! He's a horse farmer and chemist who's been studying for 5.5 years straight. His secret?
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Who has the most Duolingo XP?

The user with the most XP on Duolingo is Pat159978 with 7,918,158 XP and the user with the second most XP on Duolingo is Faeryeye with 6,877,711 XP.
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What happens when you reach 365 days on Duolingo?

wildfire. This one isn't *technically* part of being in the Streak Society. But you get it once you hit the big 365. Hit a year and you unlock the Wildfire achievement!
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What's the hardest language?

1. Mandarin. As mentioned before, Mandarin is unanimously considered the toughest language to master in the world! Spoken by over a billion people in the world, the language can be extremely difficult for people whose native languages use the Latin writing system.
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What language is closest to English?

The closest language to English is one called Frisian, which is a Germanic language spoken by a small population of about 480,000 people. There are three separate dialects of the language, and it's only spoken at the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany.
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What's the hardest language to learn?

1. Mandarin Chinese. Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons.
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Is Rosetta Stone better than Duolingo?

Yes. After thoroughly testing out and reviewing each language learning app, we found Rosetta Stone to be a superior program to Duolingo. While we like Duolingo's gamification of learning, Rosetta Stone is simply more comprehensive and effective.
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Is there a better app than Duolingo?

Busuu offers a language learning experience that compares to Duolingo. They have a structured curriculum that you can progress through involving audio, vocabulary, and other gamified experiences.
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Which language learning app is best?

The 7 best language learning apps: Rosetta Stone it at home
  • Babbel. Best language learning app. View now.
  • Duolingo. Best free language learning app. View now.
  • Rosetta Stone. Best for immersive language learning. View now.
  • Memrise. Best for learning real-world phrases. View now.
  • Busuu. Best for goal-oriented learning. View now.
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Is the Duolingo owl evil?

Meme Culture

Duo has been known to call in ballistic missile-strikes on people who do not practice, or physically abuse them. The meme has become known as "Evil Duolingo Owl". The official Duolingo YouTube channel posted a video titled "Introducing Duo Push" on April 1st, 2019, as a nod to the "Evil Duo" memes.
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Who is behind Duolingo TikTok?

Duolingo has around 30 people on its global marketing team, but Parvez and her manager, Michaela Kron, the US marketing lead, are the two-woman team responsible for the "@duolingo" TikTok account.
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What's the 5th hardest language to learn?

Without further ado, these are our top ten hardest (but most rewarding) languages to learn.
  1. Mandarin. Mandarin is a language within the Chinese language group and is actually the most spoken language in the world. ...
  2. Arabic. ...
  3. 3. Japanese. ...
  4. Hungarian. ...
  5. Korean. ...
  6. Finnish. ...
  7. Basque. ...
  8. Navajo.
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Why has Duolingo changed 2021?

Making totally new content: We want to align all our courses with the standards of the CEFR. So sometimes there'll be a total change of your course content to improve what we teach and when, so you learn the right things at the right time.
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