So-So Language Learning App

Duolingo has some good features. Sentences which are to be repeated into a microphone provide good feedback on pronunciation, and the Italian speakers themselves are clear and easy to understand. But as a language-learning program, it has problems. The sentences used for translation are often useless; for example, who says "What am I cooking for her?" If you are the cook, you KNOW what you are cooking for her! When asked to choose the correct word out of three for translation, often two out of the three are absurdly off the mark; it would be a better test of students knowledge if all three choices seemed somewhat possible, and the student had to think about which one was really the correct answer. Im studying Italian (a language which I studied when I was younger, so this is a refresher for me). Since the app is free, Ill continue with it, but if I were learning a brand-new language, I would want a better program.

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