return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down132cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlduolingo@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1348arrow-down1external-linkDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square122fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlduolingo@sopuli.xyz
minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 months agoMore like start learning a second language and give up after a week. This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoYeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoStep 1: Die Step 2: Reincarnate in Taiwan (don’t pick mainland China like I did in my current incarnation)
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoGateway learning. I learned Spanish to write love letters in 2nd grade. And now 30 years later, I know like a dozen languages at a basic level, but still good enough to be sent all over the world on business trips for free.
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More like start learning a second language and give up after a week.
This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
Yeah learning to speak Mandarin is one thing but learning to read it feels fucking impossible if you don’t start young.
Step 1: Die
Step 2: Reincarnate in Taiwan (don’t pick mainland China like I did in my current incarnation)
Gateway learning.
I learned Spanish to write love letters in 2nd grade.
And now 30 years later, I know like a dozen languages at a basic level, but still good enough to be sent all over the world on business trips for free.
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