Each person is different, but I completed Duolingo’s Spanish course in 8 months after spending 2–3 hours per day.
However, despite its limitations, Duolingo is certainly very good at what it does, and Spanish is one of the best language courses it offers. I think this is not a yes-or-no question.
In other words, Duolingo uses your typical “freemium” software subscription model, and makes their money mainly through paid, premium subscriptions. And if you do opt for their paid subscription, Duolingo Plus, it will cost you right around $84 per year (or $7 per month ).
However, under the paid Duolingo Plus subscription, you are allowed to test out of individual modules (or entire groups of modules if you want) by passing a short quiz. This allows you to jump ahead as you see fit.
"Fluent" is a misleading way to measure how well you know a language, because it implies there is an endpoint to learning it. In fact, there's no test or language criteria for deciding if someone is "fluent," and language learning experts instead talk about proficiency.
EDIT: According to the answers it takes between 4 and 6 months to finish a Duolingo course, although if you work hard you may finish it in 3 months.
If you stop studying after you complete a Duolingo course, you”ll miss out on valuable grammar, vocabulary and listening practice, and your skills won't progress past the level Duolingo left you at. Without a clear course of action for what to do after Duolingo, it might be too easy to quit studying altogether.
In the English to Spanish tree, there are 178 skills total (not including the bonus lessons) which, at 5 crowns to earn per skill, equals 890 crowns total on Duolingo Spanish.
The longest streak on Duolingo is over 7 years long (2805 days) and was earned by user christi3. However, multiple users have accomplished this feat of a world record Duolingo Streak and have made it onto a Streak Hall of Fame. Above you can see the list of users who have completed a streak of over 2555 days.
It's a waste of time. In fact, it's just as bad as the education system Von Ahn criticizes. Duolingo outsources its translation services, allowing for awkward sentences to slip in undetected. And translation (the core of its platform) is already widely known to be an ineffective way to learn a language.
We've just completed a new research study with great news for speaking skills, too: about half of Duolingo learners in our Spanish and French courses achieved at least A2-level speaking skills, meaning they're able to produce complete sentences, remember words quickly, and speak comfortably about everyday topics at a ...
Duolingo levels are a way to gauge how far you have come with the language course you are on and they are measured by how many XP you have completed. On Duolingo, the highest level you can reach in each language is level 25, which is equal to 30,000 XP.
Duolingo doesn't release completion rates for its courses, but a report last year said American users ranked 68th out of all countries in the number of lessons completed. A separate informal study put the overall completion rate for Spanish at less than 0.01 percent.
When our spaced repetition algorithm deems it's time to review concepts taught in a skill, the skill will turn from Level 5 gilded to a Level 5 cracked skill. The crack on a skill will not reduce the number of crowns earned, but rather signals to the learner that it's time to review that content.
You can learn as many words or sentences as you want, but until you're able to have a conversation with another person, you'll never be fluent. Or, according to the CEFR model, you won't even be halfway there.
The Duolingo Legendary Level is a new feature on Duolingo that makes it so a skill never cracks again and you'll never have to restore it. In order to earn a Legendary Level skill, you will need to complete 4 separate lessons with more questions than usual, plus with only 3 mistakes allowed per lesson.
After using the Duolingo app and thoroughly testing this program out, our team's consensus is that Duolingo isn't great for learning Spanish. Duoli...
Given Duolingo's short, quick-hit lessons and gamified design, it would take months (if not years) to learn Spanish following their recommended sch...
How long it takes to finish Duolingo Spanish depends greatly on how much you do each day, but if you just follow Duolingo's standard recommendation...
On Duolingo, the highest level you can reach in each language is level 25, which is equal to 30,000 XP.
Duolingo levels are done by language, so the overall amount of XP that you have earned on the app isn’t the number that is important. It’s the number for each specific language.
First of all, it’s important to understand that Duolingo levels have nothing to do with crowns. In the app, you can earn 5 crowns and turn your subject bubble golden. However, the only part of that that matters for your Duolingo level is how many XP you are gaining. Duolingo Levels are broken down into 25 different levels ...
The Duome. The Duome website is basically every serious Duolingo user’s DREAM site. It puts together all the information that you can’t find on Duolingo and makes it easy to figure out what you need to do next. But most importantly, it spells out exactly what level you are on and how to get to the next one.
When signing up for Duolingo, you set a daily goal. You can choose between 5, 10, 15 or 20 minutes a day. Most of the Duolingo marketing touts “Spending 15 minutes a day learning a new language.”
Duolingo premium is about $13 USD per month, and you get some fun features. But most important is that you don’t spend time on ads. If you’re committed to practicing daily – and finishing a language in under 4 years – you’ll want to get rid of the ads. Spend your practice time practicing, not waiting for an ad to load.
To finish a language tree on Duolingo in 6 months, you will need to spend a minimum of 130 minutes per day on Duolingo, for a full 180 days. That’s 2 hours and ten minutes. Alrighty them. Read about the evolution of the Duolingo mascot, “Duo,” here.
On Duolingo when you run out of hearts (lives) you have to go practice to earn hearts. Your practice helps you learn the language, but you don’t advance in levels. You’re learning, but the time spent practicing doesn’t count towards your progress.
Duolingo is one of the most popular apps in the world for learning Spanish, and for good reason. With a totally free base version and a cool course design that gamifies learning Spanish, people rave about this product.
To make navigating this lengthy review a little easier, we’ve inserted jump-to links above so you can quickly get to where you want to go.
Let’s kick this review off by covering the cost of Duolingo’s Spanish program, as this is one of the main reasons why so many people are drawn to this app. As many of you may know, Duolingo actually offers a free version of their course. That is correct: you don’t need to pay a dime.
With all that said above, I’m not here to talk about other companies. I’m here to talk about Duolingo. So let’s jump into how their Spanish course is structured.
So now that you know how the Duolingo program is structured, let’s dive into what the lessons themselves are actually like. And the major takeaway is this: they’re very short.
Now that I’ve covered the different subscription options and you know what the lessons are all about, let’s get into the nitty gritty of this review. That is, what I like and what I don’t like about Duolingo after thoroughly testing the program. And let’s start with the good news.
Now that I’ve run down all the reasons why I like Duolingo, let’s switch sides to the things I don’t care for.
Because learners often have particular goals in mind when studying a new language, what counts as success for one learner might look pretty different from the finish line for another. That's why it's so hard to decide what exactly it means to be "fluent" in a new language.
Can you become fluent with Duolingo? "Fluent" is a misleading way to measure how well you know a language, because it implies there is an endpoint to learning it. In fact, there's no test or language criteria for deciding if someone is "fluent," and language learning experts instead talk about proficiency. You might aspire to "fluency," but ...