DuoLingo Challenge

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@tim_g said in DuoLingo Challenge:

... even though after completing 16 skills I'm sitting at 40% with all 16 of them being gold?

This is a constant complaint in DL forums. The fluency seems to be capricious, it goes up and down (I lose a percentage almost every day and work all day to earn it back), isn't reflected in anything obvious that you do, other than normally it goes up as you continue to work hard. But at some point, say if you do four lessons every day, it will start decreasing rather than increasing even if you do it every day without fail.

I hit 40% last night, and it's still there.

I don't think it should be, because I forget some of the stuff I learned (due to lack of speaking it IRL). If it went down after learning new lessons, as it should, it will help me to retain what I learn by having me practice it.

But once it is engraved in my brain and unforgettable, (like with the beginning lessons), it should rarely need strengthening which seems to be working fine.... at least for the language I'm doing.

scottalanmiller

Finally....

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AdamF

@scottalanmiller Are you liking Mango Languages? My library offers it as well.

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@fuznutz04 said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller Are you liking Mango Languages? My library offers it as well.

Yes, a lot. It's very good at actually teaching the language.

AdamF

@scottalanmiller yeah i was testing out a lesson last night. There is a clear distinction between mango and duo. I like both, but different approaches for sure.

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@fuznutz04 said in DuoLingo Challenge:

@scottalanmiller yeah i was testing out a lesson last night. There is a clear distinction between mango and duo. I like both, but different approaches for sure.

That's why I do both. One is drilling, one is teaching.