Of course it’s helpful if you need to write some sentences of your own, but even if you make a mistake, the right choice will become obvious. Afterwards you’ll need to move on to actively speak and write the language to (high-level) speakers (and hear different accents and read more natural conversations than the Duolingo cats drink milk sentences.

But essentially I think Duolingo is only good for beginner levels to me, because it’s low effort to just open it, start a lesson and mark the obvious choices. With Duolingo, you get a pretty good idea of the sentence structure, words and pronunciation – and if applicable to your target language, a new writing system). Am I intrinsically motivated to actually get better at the language or just to pretend so in that moment? Well, that applies to many actions in life, so let’s just continue. Really? I start wondering what my subliminal thoughts are on this. With Duolingo I get to see (I wouldn’t say speak) 10 languages regularly, or mostly: feel good about myself patting my back like the cure green owl does when I reached my daily goal. I use Duolingo cause it has such a low-entry barrier to just hit ctrl t > du > Enter > start a new lesson > click the obvious buttons of new words. My point is: I feel the same way about many apps, including Duolingo: a business’ goal is to keep you using the product as long as possible. I could have used watching the same news analogy which gives me the feeling that I understand the world. I realize that I open dating apps all the time, but it’s usually to get a good feeling from getting attention and seeing other profiles, not so much about dating itself. I’ve started 20 courses on Duolingo, because it’s a fun and visually attractive tool to give you the idea that you’re learning a language. I decided to answer the question on Quora, so why not share my views on my language learning blog?! This question is reaching my ears in real life and eyes online all the time.

Is duolingo good