Gregory's Server@fullfathomfive So while on this topic - as someone who was just about to start using Duolingo to learn German - does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives?
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@NudelnAlDente @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive i personality can highly recommend memrise, it have a lot of features and a lot is more or less free(like, you can technically start a course and keep progressing without hitting a definite hard limit in advancements), if you pay a small amount a month you get access to a lot more tools and such to help you and for a little more you can get a annually subscription and for little more you can get a lifetime subscription :bunhdhappy: @alexhaydock I found Babbel way too hard as a complete beginner for German. But after over 400 days on Duolingo I got tired of typing Entschuldigung...At that point Babbel worked okay for me.  @LyndaDelph @alexhaydock I've used Babbel since I started and it's worked great for me. I might have an advantage as I took a Latin course (which taught me some linguistics, including words like "accusative") and I did the one free course on a site my friend recommended that I don't remember @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive I found making an Anki deck from scratch to be the most effective free route, but it's work. Find a list of common words and search for images in your target language. Put those images on the front of the flashcards and audio from Forvo plus other relevant info on the back. Stuff like the word itself, gender notes, and a very simple example sentence. Once you know a few words, make cloze cards from your example sentences to test your reproduction skills.  @amateur_ninja @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive There are some good pre-made decks for German too, with example sentences and speech.  @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive IMO the old school route is still valid. Get a German-English dictionary, some German language children's books, and start translatin'. Watch German-language movies/TV and imitate the characters' pronunciation. @alexhaydock I've tried Deutsche Welle's course 15 years ago, full PDF and audio lessons completely free. Don't know how it is nowadays though. @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive Mentioned in this thread: LibreLingo and Tatoeba. @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive Try Deutsch Im Blick, a completely free course from the University of Texas at Austin: https://coerll.utexas.edu/dib/ @alexhaydock @fullfathomfive |
@alexhaydock @fullfathomfive I've found #Babbel really good for both Spanish (beginner - advanced) & German (beginner). But it is expensive so definitely keep an eye out for half-price deals. They pop up every once in a while on their website. Also if you're likely to use it long-term for multiple languages, they have a lifetime sub which is good value when their half-price sales happen.