So something not many people know about me is that I speak a fair few languages. Whilst I'm not fluent, I still love understanding them and getting the rules down.
In school I learn Spanish for 6 years, and out of school I learnt Russian for 2 during Secondary. After I dropped Russian, I missed doing two so I picked up Danish - my best friend's native tongue.
It was thanks to that she recommended Duolingo.
When I first downloaded it, the options were limited to French, Spanish, German, Swedish and Danish (I think).
Now the list includes:
~Spanish
~French
~German
~Japanese
~Italian
~Portuguese
~Dutch
~Irish
~Danish
~Swedish
~Turkish
~Esperanto
~Norwegian
~Ukrainian
~Russian
~Polish
~Welsh
~Hebrew
~Vietnamese
~Hungarian
~Greek
~Swahili
~Romanian
So really, there's something for everyone.
I used this to help with my Spanish vocab during college and Danish vocab, and I eventually did a school project revolving around learning Danish (and Korean! Though I didn't use Duolingo for that) as well as making a series of bilingual children books.
Currently I use Duolingo to improve my Spanish (I eventually dropped this at AS Level) and Danish, as well as learning German, French and Japanese.
It's a good way to get the basics of a language down, but it is good to speak to native speakers in real life! I found my danish improved greatly after going to Aalborg last year. So whilst it's not an 100% foolproof way to get a language, it's an amazing free way to get the building blocks down.
Below are some screenshots of the app on my phone, and I believe they also have a website!
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