Duolingo Buddies Group

An area with study groups for various languages. Group members help each other, share resources and experience. Study groups are permanent but the members rotate and change.
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Deinonysus
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby Deinonysus » Mon Mar 01, 2021 4:04 pm

Ganiarda wrote:did somebody have feedback about Duolingo, because i hesited to buy the premium version

I have used Duolingo for many years and I have never paid for the premium version. The phone apps have some obnoxious features that they probably added to annoy people into paying for premium, but you can bypass these features by using Duolingo in a browser which is a much better experience than the app. The only other reasons to buy premium that I could think of is if you care enough about your streaks to want to restore them when they break (I don't) or if you hate the adds so much that you want to pay to take them away.

There may be some other benefits of the premium version that I am missing because I have never used it, so maybe someone who has experience with the premium version can chime in.
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lavengro
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby lavengro » Mon Mar 01, 2021 5:37 pm

From my perspective, the main advantage of taking out a Duolingo Plus membership is that of convenience.

I fully agree with Deinonysus' comment that the browser (or web-based) approach is a much better experience than the app version. The web-based version has the grammar notes ("Tips") as well as, and in my view, more importantly, a "Discussion" link under each word or sentence exercise (becomes available once you have answered, and checked your answer). Sometimes a word or sentence's Discussion link is empty or limited, but other times there is a robust discussion involving fellow learners (at all levels), course creators, moderators and occasionally native language speakers, providing answers to often the exact question I have from time to time (why is "X" wrong), links to other helpful material on particular points or from the native speakers real-world language issues (ie. while "X" is not wrong, "Y" is more common, etc).

Both the Tips and Discussion opportunities are available regardless of whether one is using the free version or a Duolingo Plus membership, provided you are using the web-based browser version.

I would also strongly suggest using a typing rather than word choice (or word tile) approach for a deeper learning experience.
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lingua
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby lingua » Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:37 am

I paid for the premium in 2019 I believe in hopes it would get rid of a lot of the annoying features of getting through a screen. Also, I believe in supporting the publishers of the software I use. I only ever used the Web version. Too many silly screens to go through for each sentence in order to get to the next one. Paying didn't help that at all. The only thing it did was get rid of the screens asking me to upgrade.

I got bored with duolingo for most languages. The only language I actually liked was the Latin course. I could see using it for some languages with few resources but otherwise it's not something I intend to use. Nor would I pay for it again.

I'd recommend trying it out for a few months before paying.
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby peace263 » Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:19 am

Hi Duolingo People!

My Duolingo username is: peace263, same as in this forum. I'm on a 126 day streak at this point, June 2nd, 2021.

I used to live in Korea, China, and Saudi Arabia, teaching ESL to adults and kids in private schools, universities, and tutoring. I also briefly taught English to Chinese kids online.

There are three principles I use (actually more, but I won't go into them here) for Duolingo.

1. Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
- This principles applies to language learning as well as all areas of life. To apply this principle I do two things.

2. Acquire vocabulary (and automatized, implicit grammar)
- Seeking to understand is Input. To get input, I need the words of the language. I use Duolingo to get more words, and also Pimsleur language programs.

The more words, phrases, sentences, and ideas I understand from their cultural perspective, the more comprehensible input I get from music, TV, and movies.

3. Increase input fluency (listening, reading, and observing (which is non-verbal) )
- Seeking to understand has two main parts. First words, then fluency. My language input fluency is the speed of my understanding on a gradient of slow to fast (or native), when exposed to native conversation or content like music, movies, or TV shows.

Music helps people remember what they are studying, and input from native content increases listening fluency, so I listen to a lot of Korean music right now.

Also, with Duolingo I practice reading, which is more input. Lastly, I watch TV shows and movies in Korean which gives me not only Korean listening input, but also observation input, or non-verbal body language which adds emotional context to the language input.

Using Duolingo along with Pimsleur gives me more words and input fluency and helps me acquire Korean.
I plan to learn to a mastery level.

Thanks for reading! See you on Duolingo!
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MAmani1991
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby MAmani1991 » Thu Feb 22, 2024 3:31 pm

My Duolingo username is: MAmani1991
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O1000
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby O1000 » Tue Oct 01, 2024 8:41 pm

Hi everyone,

my username on Duolingi is 001574.3b1vm0v3
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vonPeterhof
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Re: Duolingo Buddies Group

Postby vonPeterhof » Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:04 am

Somehow missed this before, Iʻm Vadim156161 on Duolingo.
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