TLDR: Should I start using Duolingo again despite not liking the use of AI?
Hi everyone! Been lurking here for a while and could use some opinions about a hang up I’ve been having lately. I’m conversational in Spanish, can get by in Italian, and am trying to learn Korean.
I learned Spanish primarily in a classroom environment in high school and made use of language learning apps and flash cards to enrich my learning (this being prior to 2020). I began picking up Italian almost entirely from Duolingo with a memorization journal of key phrases in preparation for a short study abroad trip during my Master’s degree program. The trip went well and I was able to communicate decently with my Italian classmates, professors, and passersby with a mix of Italian and English. This was just before Duolingo rolled out their AI forward policies.
I’ll admit that Duolingo’s adjustments upset me a bit as a long-time user and lover of the human aspects of the app. I’m a digital marketer, which means that I interact professionally with AI on a daily basis, but have various moral hang-ups about using it in my personal life.
Now that I’m trying to learn Korean, the lack of structure and guidance has me struggling. I’m acquiring basic vocabulary and making use of my memorization journal again, and I’m using free resources on YouTube geared towards those trying to learn Korean, but the lack of centralization has me feeling a bit lost still.
So, should I get over myself and start using Duolingo again, at least as a starting point to ground my study? I’m worried that I’m shooting myself in the foot here by refusing to make use of the available tools that I know have worked in the past just because of a business model change I don’t appreciate.
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