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Let’s get started then, shall we? Exercises? What am I Exercising Exactly?ĭuolingo is a nicely programmed and optically well designed platform to learn a few languages. But please be aware that they all suffer from similar flaws that I will describe in the following minutes. If you don’t have access to better resources or simply can’t afford it, then yes, you might want to play around with duolingo, Busuu, memrise, babbel, verbling, livemocha etc.

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In my opinion no software should be used by anyone who is serious about learning proper (i.e. Duolingo is next to Rosetta Stone one of the most popular ones and serves as an example. The following article wants to show that even in 2014, learning languages via any software is not living up to its promises. Watch this entertaining and impressive TED-talk by duolingo’s CEO Luis von Ahn to find out what it actually is all about. But let me make one thing very clear at the beginning: The idea behind Duolingo is remarkable and absolute worth being further developed and supported. I would like to call them duolingos as they all kind of have or better cause the same problem. While in the following I will refer to Duolingo, much of the criticism applies to any other language learning software out there. Language Learning Softwares like Duolingo German claim to help you learn German So far I have not come across better arguments. Should you have a better and proven argument, I have no problem, updating mine, as that is what improves my work. After having read this article you can make a more educated decision. Yet, it is still up to you to use whatever program you like.

As for the intention to raise attention, sure, I would love you to check out my material, yet I sincerely figure that those programs do more harm than good.

Therefore it should also be clear that I do not compare my products or services to those mentioned in the article.

And I hope that is also the attitude of other producers.

#ADVANCED GERMAN GRAMMAR EXERCISES FREE#

Everybody is free to evaluate my material under the same standards and I welcome any constructive criticism as it helps to improve my material and my work. I personally don’t have any benefit from criticizing other people’s hard work. So my videos are rather a supplement to any other German course or software out there and it is highly unlikely that a Duolingo user switches to my services.

My videos solely focus on German grammar and my tuition costs 3.500€ or more.

As for now, I do not offer a product or service similar to Duolingo or any other language learning platform.

Inspired by a few commenters, I would like to clarify a few things beforehand. It might now simply be a bit easier to digest. You will realize though, that my conclusion of my analysis is still the same. I leave this article here so that you can see my development and striving for a more peaceful communication with German learners and those who love the Duolingos for their own good reasons. While a certain aggressive energy was and still is important to get your company to its feet and to keep it there in a highly competitive market, this aggression shouldn’t be reflected in our work. I and therefore sG strive for constant self-improvement and we have become much more stable and confident over the last 2.5 years. When we get older, some of us become wiser and gentler 😉 Therefore I have rewritten my review about Duolingo German & Co. as quite a few readers have perceived the old version below as a bit too harsh.

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