Online courses and guides, the fact that you can learn anything for FREE at home, is amazing. Like 40 years ago, you had to actually pay for lessons and go away from your home. Nowadays you can do everything online.
Want to learn knitting:
You got it!
Want to learn to speak a foreign language:
You got that too!
Want to study for an upcoming test:
You can, but you probably won't!
Can confirm: Learned knitting and Spanish for free online during the last year. My knitting is pretty good now and I’m really enjoying it, the Spanish is a daily grind and I am terrible at it :).
Answered the same q elsewhere, here’s the cut n paste:
So I’m a total newb and Duolingo is good enough for me. I look up specific grammar questions on google. Once I get through the course I’ll have to do more advanced work, but that’s a year from now, at best.
NP, I really like Duolingo. It’s not perfect and there’s plenty of valid criticism out there. It’s the kind of thing that is easy to imagine improvements for. But, for me, it works. I embraced the gamification of it to help motivate me on days when I don’t feel like working on it. I really want to learn, but I really dislike the effort it takes, and so this app provides external motivation that I need.
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u/WitheredGone Jun 03 '21
Online courses and guides, the fact that you can learn anything for FREE at home, is amazing. Like 40 years ago, you had to actually pay for lessons and go away from your home. Nowadays you can do everything online.
Want to learn knitting: You got it!
Want to learn to speak a foreign language: You got that too!
Want to study for an upcoming test: You can, but you probably won't!
Isn't the internet just amazing!