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by globular-toast 1571 days ago
Doing Duolingo every day makes you good at Duolingo.

There aren't any tricks IMO. You have to practise the thing you actually want to be able to do. You wouldn't expect to get good at playing guitar by tapping an app every day, why would it help you learn a language?

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I’ve successfully used duolingo to learn multiple languages.

I’ve used it as the way to get started and build a base of vocabulary and grammar, allowing me to comfortably jump into immersion with audio/video/speaking etc.

Duolingo is quite effective at what it advertises, it never claims it will bring you to full fluency.