![]() ![]() Just spend 20 minutes a day with a few virtual flashcards and you’ll be fluent in no time! The reality is a lot more nuanced - and arguably more disappointing - than that.Īpps like Duolingo, Memrise, and Babbel all promise to teach you how to read, write, or speak a new language, all from your phone. There isn't a special secret! They see all this anti-duolingo stuff and think "ah, duolingo isn't the magic easy answer, so if I keep wasting time clicking on here I will find which method is!".If mobile language- learning apps are to be believed, it’s never been easier to pick up another language. You've done enough language learning to know this! I'm also writing this for beginners who'll click on this thread to find the special secret that means you don't have to put in effort, because they did 5 whole days on duolingo and still aren't fluent so it's clearly not working. Pick one, stick with it until it takes you as far as it can, then look for a new one. So are the endless threads on here about which method to use. Don't flit between methods, that is procrastination. People's successes and failures are 99% down to effort, not what app they downloaded or what book they bought. Pick a method, duolingo or anything (I would personally recommend duolingo because of how it's free and it teaches you to form sentences, but it's not mandatory) and then stick with it, and try hard. ![]() You do learn languages by rote memorisation, how do you think your parents taught you english? They probably didn't explain grammar to you in "lessons" either, you learnt what was right and what was wrong and put the grammar together yourself. Everyone wants a magic pill that teaches them a language. The only better option for a beginner would be intense classes followed by immersion, which as you say isn't affordable or practical for most people, or perhaps even desirable. ![]()
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