Duolingo, like a pro.

ciao 👋 last week I said I was gonna write about another cool feature Duolingo has been working on but I'm gonna have to delay that unfortunately… because over the last week, Duolingo has made a quiet but significant change to its premium subscription plans and it's causing one hell of an uproar... what's going on? 🤔 it's all to do with one of Duolingo's most controversial features: the heart system. most users will know what I'm talking about, but I'm aware there are some that have never come...

hola 👋 how well do you know Duolingo's timed challenges? 🤔 nowadays most users just think of match madness, but did you know there are two other timed challenges as well? 😯 all 3 put you in a race against the clock, but they all do so a little bit differently... what is a timed challenge? ⏱️ a timed challenge on Duolingo is any lesson or mode that you have to complete against the clock, unlike in the usual lessons where you can go at your own pace the idea is to beef up your comprehension...

hola 👋 Duolingo’s always had some social features friends, following, followers, leagues, challenges etc but there’s always been something missing: the ability to properly interact seems kinda ironic for a language learning app, right 😂 a couple of years ago Duolingo *kind of* addressed this with high fives, congratulations, nudges and all that but recently they’ve added a feature that finally takes this to the next level… 👀 introducing... comments 💬 at long last, there is now a (semi)...

hola 👋 Duolingo is onto a winner with its latest feature. have you taken it for a spin yet? 🤔 it was announced back in October and it's taken a while for Duolingo to roll it out across the user base I've been ((very impatiently)) waiting for it to drop onto my device ever since... and the other day it finally did... 👀 PROMO Studies show that one of the best ways to acquire a language is to engage with content that is both interesting and enjoyable. i.e. content that is meaningful to YOU....

Hola 👋 Duolingo is one of the most popular ways to learn a language 💪 as a result, a lot of people jump into their courses with some rather lofty expectations... the most common one is they expect Duolingo to make them fluent... 🗣️ but is this a reasonable expectation? can Duolingo REALLY make you fluent in a language in 2024? 🤔 i've been using Duolingo every day since 2016 so i've got a pretty good idea of what you can and can't achieve with it... and i've written up everything you need to...