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sand craterBOT
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Please be patient

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fresh fulcrum
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it won't hurt you, but no simply put it's not a particularly effective app

formal crypt
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It can be fine to get started, but ultimately you'll need to supplement with other resources and move on from it once you hit a certain point

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Incoming wall of text btw

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;duo

sand craterBOT
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Duolingo: The Pros and Cons

Duolingo is usually helpful to retain vocabulary, short sentences, and simple concepts of grammar and syntax. It may enable you to approach your target language without much pressure and in a gamified way. Some people find that to be a great motivator.

On the other hand, Duolingo teaches some concepts badly, if at all (this may vary depending on the specific course). It generally only scratches the surface of language, and offers a pretty mechanical and dull view of it. Some learners might also find that a gamified approach of language is not beneficial to them.

For those reasons, Duolingo should not be your only learning tool, and is best used if you already have other methods and resources you can count on. If there are many things that you don't understand in your Duo lessons, chances are you need more in-depth methods for the time being. If you understand most of your lessons, you may be too advanced for it to be helpful to you.

glad remnant
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So are there any other websites that can be recommended?

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Or apps?

formal crypt
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;ressources

sand craterBOT
formal crypt
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Busuu is popular, I liked Kwiziq

glad remnant
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Alright, thanks for the help.

formal crypt
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No one resources is enough though! You'll always end up supplementing

glad remnant
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Yea of course. For now I'm guessing it's best to start with vocabulary then branching into grammar

formal crypt
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You kind of need a bit of both, to be honest. And that's where apps can be helpful, imo

glad remnant
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(I'm somewhat confused on classifications for Language Level still)

formal crypt
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all apps skew towards beginners

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the more advanced you get, the less you can rely on these things, and the more you have to refer to grammar manuals/practice with native media

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so just pick one you like and go for it!

glad remnant
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Ah ok. Thanks again