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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)

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[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago

Duolingo is good for "tourist style" language learning, where you learn some phrases, can recognise and read a few words, etc, but next to no chance of actually pulling off a proper conversation with a local.