And choosing the right phrasing is everything, there is no such thing as one. While your sentence sounds simple enough, there are probably three Spanish concepts in that sentence you have to learn first. I know you want to learn “The hotel will be three blocks away on the right” right away, but languages are building blocks. However, a few readers said that there was method in this apparent madness, and I should trust the process. So I can do something useless, like say I have a brother and a sister (or order an apple sandwich…), but haven’t got as far as being able to direct a taxi driver to go left or right, or ask a kiosk to top up my metro card, or tell a clothes store my size. The main weakness, for someone like me, who wants to pick up just a smattering of the language, is that you get no say over the vocabulary you learn. My concern, though, was the usefulness of the vocabulary when it came to real-world tasks. The app claims I’ve “mastered” 4% of the course at three weeks
I feel like I’m learning, I feel inspired to supplement the Duolingo work with other tools (much of our apartment is covered in Post-It Notes with the Spanish words for things), and I’m pleasantly surprised by how much I can already say. Friends have also reported great success with it.įor someone like me, who has a terrible track record at languages, it’s obviously hard to judge just three weeks in – but the very fact that I’m still using it on a daily basis is itself quite telling. My girlfriend has used it for years and is fluent in three languages and is currently learning two more. I know many people who have succeeded with it, and I was surprised by how well I progressed.įor those who have the ability to learn languages, it absolutely works. I’d been impressed overall, but did have one concern … I reviewed Duolingo last month and said then that the signs were encouraging, but the real test would come when I visited Buenos Aires.
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