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I did Duolingo for a year... but I won’t be using it again.
Yeah, I started using it again just before I moved, I found it good for practicing vocab but I agree, it's pretty useless on it's own.
If you're looking to lessons look at the institut français like I said above, they do online lessons as well as in person now since covid.
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I’m probably around B1, started learning about 6 years ago, and had a stint living en Suisse, but I’m not very consistent, and haven’t done a lot this year. It’s pretty embarrassing how bad my French is considering how much effort I’ve put into it.
I found the Coffee Break French podcast really helpful.
And the book Easy French Step-by-Step by Bell and Rochester I found helped a lot.
I did Duolingo for a year, and all it did was add another reason to glue me to my phone. The game-ification is all well and good to help you come back each day and maintain your streak, but I was so relieved when I stopped. I’m sure It helped some, and I like that it helps users learn languages for free, but I won’t be using it again.
The podcasts and audio stories were good.
But my speaking and listening is rubbish. I’ve been meaning to try Italki, and do 1-2-1 lessons, which is what I need. But I never seem to get around to it.
I need to find a way to speak it regularly, but don’t have the need nor motivation right now.