Of course, if some active users were willing to correct each others’ mistakes/misspellings/whatever as well as those made by DL algorithms, I’d be in favor of it.
Many would complain that the courses are not entirely error-free, and if we were to correct other users’ errors we would soon become victims of our own corrections; this is without mentioning that language is not static, so what’s considered an acceptable form today wouldn’t necessarily be one tomorrow. Basically nobody wants to do work for free that benefits a large audience, and Duolingo doesn’t offer incentives for correcting others (maybe they should add points/badges/etc). The best possible outcome right now would be having moderators whose job it is to point out mistakes (or even make useful corrections) in people’s answers. But since everyone already knows about such issues after taking the test or reviewing their answers, the moderators would have to do a lot of work for no tangible reward.
I guess what I’m saying is that Duolingo does not incentivize or allow activities that turn it into something more like a conversational forum or chat room where people correct each other’s mistakes.
An additional problem with this idea is that we don’t know who made any given mistake; if someone posts an incorrect answer and you correct them, then they’re likely going to be confused about why you care so much when it was in fact their fault (unless your correction actually makes it more obvious). I believe most capable users are already used to self-correcting, and those who aren’t probably won’t change just because of this feature.
You can’t delete a language from your Duolingo iPhone app if you have too many cluttering the app.Since Duolingo updated its mobile app and website, you can no longer do this on your phone directly.
Tap on the setting cog to access your course’s settings. From there, go down until “Manage Courses” and click it. If you only have one language that
To go to your “Language” page, select Learning Language from the menu on the right of screen. Click Reset or remove languages under the big blue “See all language courses” button. Select “Reset Progress” (blue button) if you want to start the tree from scratch.
And The Easiest Language To Learn Is…To rank how difficult languages are to learn, we looked at the following criteria:Number of syllables per word (6-8 is easiest), difficulty of past tense (-ed suffix is easier than irregular tense) and noun declension. We then ranked them below with their English equivalents in brackets next to them for a more intuitive comparison. You’ll notice that most Romance languages like French or Portuguese are considerably more difficult due to their much higher number of syllables per word and complex verb conjugations. However, if you’re looking for an easy language with good syntax and a straightforward sentence structure, Dutch makes a great option because it’s eight times less complicated than German and has words with
Duolingo is not a stand-alone language course, but it’s an excellent addition to anyone who wants to learn a new language. If you want to learn the real essentials about speaking another language fluently, get on Duolingo and practice there! You’ll see results in no time.
I am not at all convinced that Duolingo is worth the money. I find it to be an excellent program, but I am not sure how much more a Duolingo Plus subscription offers you above the basic level of learning that comes with your initial enrollment in their software.
