Duolingo is a game. It can’t realistically teach you Japanese skills equivalent to N3 level, probably not even N4
Duolingo is a good way to get your first taste of Japanese and build a little vocabulary. But you’re probably not going to even reach N5 with it, much less any other level. You should probably start moving on to more serious learning tools and textbooks pretty soon.
Hi, you will find a lot of hate towards Duolingo’s japanese course. I learned a little Japanese ten years ago in a school, and two years ago started practising on Duolingo. Duolingo is great as a memory refresher and to compose little sentences with the grammar and vocabulary you **already know**. But it isn’t as good as a learning tool.
Right now I’m learning vocabulary and kanji on WaniKani and grammar on Bunpro, and making huge steps in comparison to Duolingo. I encourage you to try those and then go back to Duolingo (that’s what I’m gonna do).
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Duolingo is a game. It can’t realistically teach you Japanese skills equivalent to N3 level, probably not even N4
Duolingo is a good way to get your first taste of Japanese and build a little vocabulary. But you’re probably not going to even reach N5 with it, much less any other level. You should probably start moving on to more serious learning tools and textbooks pretty soon.
Hi, you will find a lot of hate towards Duolingo’s japanese course. I learned a little Japanese ten years ago in a school, and two years ago started practising on Duolingo. Duolingo is great as a memory refresher and to compose little sentences with the grammar and vocabulary you **already know**. But it isn’t as good as a learning tool.
Right now I’m learning vocabulary and kanji on WaniKani and grammar on Bunpro, and making huge steps in comparison to Duolingo. I encourage you to try those and then go back to Duolingo (that’s what I’m gonna do).