I can blame Duolingo for making outsized promises in their marketing.
You're making a lot of assumptions about other people. Not everyone is as savvy as you. I know people who used Duolingo to learn French so they could move to Montreal. It didn't work. They can't have conversations and they can't remember vocabulary or syntax outside of specific cues. Is that "Duolingo's fault?" not entirely, but they definitely were under the impression that "15 minutes is all I need!"
Duolingo is great at getting you to use the app. That's fantastic. Use it if you find it helps. Just don't expect it to make you fluent by itself.
And I can point out that your accusation is completely unfounded. Every single commercial language learning tool is marketed similarly. Duolingo is just the most popular/successful, so people hear about it.
Terrible planning on the part of said Montreal people has nothing to do with Duolingo. I’m sorry that their plan didn’t work out. Ironically, their forced immersion has probably done wonders for their French.
Sorry you caught the brunt of my frustration. You seem reasonable. Duolingo’s great lol.
I'm not saying that its proof Duolingos a bad app, im saying that its not true that people dont see the claims and think that they can quickly become fluent with Duolingo. Ive seen people do it!
Well you're definitely passionate about Duolingo so you must be happy with the results!
You're making a lot of assumptions about other people. Not everyone is as savvy as you. I know people who used Duolingo to learn French so they could move to Montreal. It didn't work. They can't have conversations and they can't remember vocabulary or syntax outside of specific cues. Is that "Duolingo's fault?" not entirely, but they definitely were under the impression that "15 minutes is all I need!"
Duolingo is great at getting you to use the app. That's fantastic. Use it if you find it helps. Just don't expect it to make you fluent by itself.