alsvhaFeb 26

Does anybody have (good) experience with learning languages via self-study/online?

I've previously tried Duolingo but didn't really like it, and it's gamification. I could give it another try.

But I don't know if there are any other trustworthy online resources (I don't mind paying fees if it's trustworthy).

I've never been good with learning other languages, so I don't think picking up books will be enough, but it might be the way to go instead of online resources.

#learning #language #selfstudy

Show threadlucha

@alsvha my very limited experience trying to learn some basic Russian: Duolingo is utterly useless, Babel is ok. It has way less gamification and actually explains things to you.

I think at some point you need to try to talk to native speakers. I have heard good things (but not tried myself) about italki for this, in case native speakers are not around you.

Feb 26 at 12:42pmWeb
Show threadalsvhaFeb 26

@lucha Thanks - I'll try to take a look at those two.

And yeah, huge difference with the actual native speaking, but gotta start somewhere :D