[johnisgood]

Using it and being surrounded by people writing and/or speaking the language is probably the right way to learn a language. That is how I learned Polish which is really difficult. I joined a community, and 2 years later, my Polish was quite good! YMMV.

After 4 weeks I also learned Spanish enough to maintain casual conversations just from trying to talk to someone online who did not speak English. I am rusty now, however, because I do not speak it with anyone, nor do I see or hear Spanish anywhere. Spanish is way easier, IMO, in comparison to Polish.

Thoughts?

[whyowhy3484939]

> Thoughts?

On what? If I understand you correctly you learned through people and practice and community.

[johnisgood]

On my method of learning a new language.

It worked for me, and I found it to be the best way to learn a new language.

I tried Duolingo but I got nowhere useful that way.

[whyowhy3484939]

Oh, right. I think whatever works best for your personality but in general doing some exercises and/or interacting with people has been working for a couple .. ten thousands years at least. Hard to go wrong. I never heard someone make the believable claim that they interacted with too many people and it hampered their language learning.

My take is that basically anything can be made to work if you are properly motivated. Tech is - at best - a secondary concern.