You love and hate Duolingo, but I’m all in on the annoying green owl

Matt Horne / Android Authority My colleague Megan is losing faith in Duolingo. Her recent article on why she’s considering giving up her 550+ day streak is very well reasoned, but as a 700+ day streaker, I still believe in the app. It looks like a lot of you agree, and I encourage doubters to double down. Megan outlined six good reasons why she no longer felt the benefit of the wildly popular language learning tool. She also ran a poll for readers in her article, and the results below show the love-hate nature you have with these apps. Do you think language learning apps really help you learn a new language? You were fairly split, but around a third of respondents have successfully learned a lot from language learning apps. Another 25% feel they’re helpful in conjunction with other apps. The remaining 42% either felt that they’re not an effective way to learn a language or that they’re only about engagement. I’d suggest neither means they’re useless. As someone who uses Duolingo f ... Read full article.