@japaneselanguage On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 being horrible, how good is Duolingo for learning Japanese?

  • Umechan@reddthat.comEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    It depends what you mean by learning Japanese. If it means gaining some conversational ability, then I believe most people would rate it well. If it means becoming profecient or near native level, then I doubt Duolingo could help you do that on it’s own.

      • Umechan@reddthat.comEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        What exactly are your goals? If I want to work in an English or multi-lingual environment and learn some Japanese to help with daily life, Duolingo might get you there. If you want to become proficient in the language, work in a Japanese-only environment, and be able to deal with banks, real estate agents and doctors yourself, you’ll probably want to study at a university or language school, or at the very least self study with some actual textbooks.

        • Rizo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m using it and have been in Japan in Dec. It got me started and provided a good platform to work from, but I also immersed myself as much as possible, by watching japanese TV and listening to podcasts,… And also used other resources. I got by, but was far from understanding everything/talking fluid and think that without the immersion it would have been even worse.