Oct. 5, 2025
Yesterday in university, we had a discussion about the “Duolingo” app. A friend of mine said “Duo can’t teach you a language, it’s just a game which shows you a picture and words”. Another group mate agreed with him and said ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing and speaking. But we got good alternatives for each of the aspects.”
I disagreed with them because it should not be perfect. Duo is a game - yes and it’s a perk. And it’s pretty simple for me to spend just 15 minutes a day for a game. Other aspects of language is important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement. But i believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important . At least it works with my ADHD brain
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Another group member agreed with him and said ”Duo tries to include too many aspects of language: listening, writing and speaking.
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I disagreed with them because it need not be perfect.
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"need not be perfect" just says being perfect isn't required
Duo is a game - yes and ithat’s a perk.
Duo is a game - yes and that’s a perk.
And it’s pretty simple for me to spend just 15 minutes a day foron a game.
And it’s pretty simple for me to spend just 15 minutes a day on a game.
Other aspects of language isare important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement.
Other aspects of language are important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement.
"aspects" is plural, so "is" should be "are"
But iI believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important .
But I believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important .
A friend of mine said, “Duo can’t teach you a language, it’s just a game whichthat shows you a pictures and words”.
A friend of mine said, “Duo can’t teach you a language, it’s just a game that shows you pictures and words”.
Another group matepeer agreed with him and said, ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing, and speaking.
Another peer agreed with him and said, ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing, and speaking.
Duo is a game - yes andand yes it’s a perk.
Duo is a game - and yes it’s a perk.
Other aspects of language isare important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement.
Other aspects of language are important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement.
But iI believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important .
But I believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important.
At least it works with my ADHD brain. At least it works with my ADHD brain.
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Pretty good, just a few grammatical errors.
Yesterday in university, we had a discussion about the “Duolingo” app.
A friend of mine said, “Duo can’t teach you a language, i. It’s just a game whichthat shows you a picture and words”.”
A friend of mine said, “Duo can’t teach you a language. It’s just a game that shows you a picture and words.”
Relative pronouns are difficult even for lifelong English speakers. I believe we use “which” when we’ve already mentioned multiple things and we want to discern between them.
Another group mate agreed with him and said, ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing and speaking.
Another groupmate agreed with him and said, ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing and speaking.
But we gothave good alternatives for each of the aspects.”
I disagreed with them because it should notDuolingo does not have to be perfect.
But we have good alternatives for each aspect.”
I disagreed with them because Duolingo does not have to be perfect.
Duo is a game -, yes, and ithat’s a perk.
Duo is a game, yes, and that’s a perk.
And it’s pretty simple game that is easy for me to spend just 15 minutes a day for a gameon.
And it’s pretty simple game that is easy for me to spend just 15 minutes on.
Some English speakers will say it’s bad to end a sentence with a preposition, like I do here, but most English speakers don’t care!
Other aspects of language isare important -: listening to podcasts or movies iscan be a base of understanding and improvement.
Other aspects of language are important: listening to podcasts or movies can be a base of understanding and improvement.
But iI believe that the gamification and repetitivenesson of mobile apps is important .
But I believe that the gamification and repetition of mobile apps is important.
The word “repetitiveness” has connotations of boredom or annoyance.
At least it works withDuolingo works for me and my ADHD brain, at least.
Duolingo works for me and my ADHD brain, at least.
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I have ADHD too! I like using Duolingo for “maintenance” practice: being reminded of words I haven’t seen in a while. But I think it’s most useful for European languages. I hate Duolingo’s Japanese course!
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Another group mate agreed with him and said ”Duo tries to include too many language aspects: listening, writing and speaking.
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But we got good alternatives for each of the aspects.” I disagreed with them because it should not be perfect.
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Duo is a game - yes and it’s a perk.
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And it’s pretty simple for me to spend just 15 minutes a day for a game.
And it’s pretty simple game that is easy for me to spend just 15 minutes Some English speakers will say it’s bad to end a sentence with a preposition, like I do here, but most English speakers don’t care!
And it’s pretty simple for me to spend just 15 minutes a day |
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Other aspects of language is important - listening to podcasts or movies is a base of understanding and improvement.
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Other aspects of language
Other aspects of language "aspects" is plural, so "is" should be "are" |
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But i believe that the gamification and repetitiveness of mobile apps is important .
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At least it works with my ADHD brain
At least it works with my ADHD brain. At least it works with my ADHD brain. |
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A friend of mine said “Duo can’t teach you a language, it’s just a game which shows you a picture and words”.
A friend of mine said, “Duo can’t teach you a language Relative pronouns are difficult even for lifelong English speakers. I believe we use “which” when we’ve already mentioned multiple things and we want to discern between them.
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