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Duolingo really is speedrunning dystopia rn.

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[–] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (4 children)

My understanding is that you won't get fluent but it would give you up to a middle school level understanding, depending on the language. French and Spanish were more advanced than Mandarin or Welsh.

[–] aliceblossom@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Do you mean middle school level vocabulary? Because I would argue that middle schoolers are absolutely fluent in their native languages. Hell, I think maybe even 9 year olds are fluent.

[–] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fluency in a language learning context is not the same as native speakers. The measure is can you pass a 4th grade grammar class in the given language.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Which, ironically, native speakers oftrn struggle with.

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