Duolingo

[Wash DC Blue]

Anybody use or used it?
I'd like to improve on my rudimentary School Welsh.

If I were to start now, how much could I expect to improve by say The World Cup?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Anybody use or used it?
I'd like to improve on my rudimentary School Welsh.

If I were to start now, how much could I expect to improve by say The World Cup?

It's extremely limited, repetitive and very boring in my experience.
Funnily enough, I was going to post a question asking about a good remote-learning course for Welsh.

[Swiss Peter]

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Anybody use or used it?
I'd like to improve on my rudimentary School Welsh.

If I were to start now, how much could I expect to improve by say The World Cup?

I was speaking to someone just last night who said she did Duolingo Spanish every day for 6 months in preparation for a South American trip. After a couple of years, she can't remember a word. She's a maths teacher and admitted she's not a natural linguist, but you'd still imagine more would sink in after that length of time when you really want to learn.

[ToTaL ITK]

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Of course it's repetitive so that it eventually sinks in...i've tried welsh , Spanish and french.
It helps a bit

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Of course it's repetitive so that it eventually sinks in...i've tried welsh , Spanish and french.
It helps a bit

I've dabbled with courses in respect of many languages over the years but I found it extremely tedious and poorly structured.

[Wash DC Blue]

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I've dabbled with courses in respect of many languages over the years but I found it extremely tedious and poorly structured.

You are one of those cunning linguists though to be fair :)

Me, I was watching the game on S4C and couldn't remember what "Erbyn" meant even though I was familiar with the word.

I'd love to be able to speak reasonable Welsh, I'm exercising alot...just wonder if listening to these while I work out might be a good idea.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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You are one of those cunning linguists though to be fair :)

Me, I was watching the game on S4C and couldn't remember what "Erbyn" meant even though I was familiar with the word.

I'd love to be able to speak reasonable Welsh, I'm exercising alot...just wonder if listening to these while I work out might be a good idea.

I would advise taking in a language from as many sources as possible. I was hugely impressed by the Linguaphone courses of the late seventies/early eighties but they seem to have been radically changed (and possibly not for the better).

[Wash DC Blue]

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I would advise taking in a language from as many sources as possible. I was hugely impressed by the Linguaphone courses of the late seventies/early eighties but they seem to have been radically changed (and possibly not for the better).

Thank you TBG.
Think I will start with Duolingo next week and see where I go with it I guess.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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It’s not bad mate. You’ll learn the rudimentary phrases etc. I’m starting it now as I start proper lessons in January.

[Wash DC Blue]

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It’s not bad mate. You’ll learn the rudimentary phrases etc. I’m starting it now as I start proper lessons in January.

Cheers Buddy.

[blue matt]

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My oldest daughter used it to help her with her Spanish for her GCSE ( a few years back ), she said it was clunky and not the same as learning in class, but her teacher said it would help, she got a 7 in her GCSE, so something worked

[Kind of Blue]

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I’ve been using it for around three years give or take and for over two of those I’ve used it everyday to varying lengths. I’ve mainly been using it for French - due to travelling there fairly often and having studied it in school - and I’ve found it helpful. I went to Paris a couple of months ago and decided I would only try to communicate in French (unless it was an emergency or I really struggled) and did so successfully, granted I’m not trying to engage passersby in philosophical debates or anything. It went fairly seamlessly and my partner was genuinely impressed, should that count for anything!

It isn’t the be all and end all, and shouldn’t be seen as the sole source to use, but it has its benefits with consistent use. I’ve found that I’ll often try to construct sentences in my head or out loud by myself as I go about my daily life with what I’ve learned.

[Wash DC Blue]

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I’ve been using it for around three years give or take and for over two of those I’ve used it everyday to varying lengths. I’ve mainly been using it for French - due to travelling there fairly often and having studied it in school - and I’ve found it helpful. I went to Paris a couple of months ago and decided I would only try to communicate in French (unless it was an emergency or I really struggled) and did so successfully, granted I’m not trying to engage passersby in philosophical debates or anything. It went fairly seamlessly and my partner was genuinely impressed, should that count for anything!

It isn’t the be all and end all, and shouldn’t be seen as the sole source to use, but it has its benefits with consistent use. I’ve found that I’ll often try to construct sentences in my head or out loud by myself as I go about my daily life with what I’ve learned.

That's really cool.

[NYCBlue]

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I just checked out the Duolingo site. More people are learning "High Valyrian" than Welsh. Over 300k are learning Klingon. WTF?

[blue matt]

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I just checked out the Duolingo site. More people are learning "High Valyrian" than Welsh. Over 300k are learning Klingon. WTF?

Trekies got to speak to each other