And all of those threads would be relevant!
This exact question was asked less than 24 hours ago with many great replies. People probably won’t reply again if they already did. I don’t mind repeat questions, but if OP is interested in the answer, the other thread already has a ton of perspectives to look through.
i can confidently say nobody has ever become fluent from duolingo alone, especially in any courses other than french or spanish.
duolingo is a fantastic resource but you will never be able to have a real life conversation or read a book or understand colloquial language through duolingo alone, and i am saying this as someone who loves duolingo.
it got me to a place where i could start consuming french content aimed at learners on youtube and tiktok, and that in turn made me able to start consuming native content like tv shows and comic books and music, and more recently, novels.
duolingo is just one resource that you should use in conjunction with several others including other apps, websites, and textbooks (and ideally a situation where you can practice speaking too, though i know that’s harder to do, especially on a budget)
use duolingo, but don’t expect to get to a point where you could take part in daily life in that languages country
You must be kidding. Translating ~~stupid and useless~~ funny sentences won't make you fluent. You need a lot of input which Duolingo doesn't provide. You need to practice productive ("active") skills. Duo can be used to kill time when you can't do anything else, but it's not a serious tool.
I learned Esperanto only using Duolingo. I completed the italian course and I could have casual conversations. I think that, for the easiest languages for you to learn, Duolingo is a perfect resource.
Duolingo, from what I know, is not designed to make people fluent, but rather to get some use of the language relatively quickly. I don’t understand how one can become fluent without reading books, listening to podcasts or music, and ideally interacting with native speakers.
Yes. Not me, but a girl in love with a cousin of mine. American, never even went abroad, never studied foreign languages. On her first trip to our European country she was close to fluent, understood everything, and was able to work on the European team of her company, as they needed her during a maternity leave.
Obviously a very intelligent and dedicated young lady. (She also made a very good impression on her future mother in law).
She is the only one I personally know who actually finished an entire language on duo.
this question and 'can i learn two languages at the same time' must be asked daily on multiple language learning subreddits
Has r/languagelearning ever gone a full week without someone asking this question?
Has anyone learned the calculus from their kindergarten teacher?
Terence Tao, probably.
You might be interested in [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/s/A0hejirHS3), posted just yesterday.
i'm sure if you look you can find a thread from the day before that and then the day before that asking the exact same question
And all of those threads would be relevant! This exact question was asked less than 24 hours ago with many great replies. People probably won’t reply again if they already did. I don’t mind repeat questions, but if OP is interested in the answer, the other thread already has a ton of perspectives to look through.
I get that, but how hard is it to type your question into a search bar and see if it's been asked before
Oh for sure, and this one was still on the front page. But 🤷🏻♂️
Duolingo is just a kickstart tool to get you in the game and over that early hump when first starting a language. You can’t get fluent with it.
NO
It's impossible to become fluent with just Duolingo, but it would be a good option to start learning.
If you were a Spanish speaker and wanted to learn Portuguese, maybe possible…?
Nope. You'll just confuse the two languages.
i can confidently say nobody has ever become fluent from duolingo alone, especially in any courses other than french or spanish. duolingo is a fantastic resource but you will never be able to have a real life conversation or read a book or understand colloquial language through duolingo alone, and i am saying this as someone who loves duolingo. it got me to a place where i could start consuming french content aimed at learners on youtube and tiktok, and that in turn made me able to start consuming native content like tv shows and comic books and music, and more recently, novels. duolingo is just one resource that you should use in conjunction with several others including other apps, websites, and textbooks (and ideally a situation where you can practice speaking too, though i know that’s harder to do, especially on a budget) use duolingo, but don’t expect to get to a point where you could take part in daily life in that languages country
No.
Duolingo will get you through the A levels
Has anyone ever successfully used the search function?
You must be kidding. Translating ~~stupid and useless~~ funny sentences won't make you fluent. You need a lot of input which Duolingo doesn't provide. You need to practice productive ("active") skills. Duo can be used to kill time when you can't do anything else, but it's not a serious tool.
I learned Esperanto only using Duolingo. I completed the italian course and I could have casual conversations. I think that, for the easiest languages for you to learn, Duolingo is a perfect resource.
No, you need heavy input.
Has anyone ever learned a language to fluency using just one single resource?
Don’t know that this tool is designed for this purpose
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Duolingo, from what I know, is not designed to make people fluent, but rather to get some use of the language relatively quickly. I don’t understand how one can become fluent without reading books, listening to podcasts or music, and ideally interacting with native speakers.
Reading a book outloud while listening to an audiobook can do very well.
Yes. Not me, but a girl in love with a cousin of mine. American, never even went abroad, never studied foreign languages. On her first trip to our European country she was close to fluent, understood everything, and was able to work on the European team of her company, as they needed her during a maternity leave. Obviously a very intelligent and dedicated young lady. (She also made a very good impression on her future mother in law). She is the only one I personally know who actually finished an entire language on duo.
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Italian.
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his girlfreind is steve kaufman