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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Should use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Seconded. HelloChinese is so much better at teaching than Duolingo and it scratches the same game-like itch.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

this is the best app I've found https://www.superchinese.com/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Duolingo is good for "tourist style" language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.