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what i like about YoYo Chinese is you can skip the practice and go from lesson straight to quiz
with Babbel you have to do the practice even if the lesson is easy and you don't need the practice
on the flip side the experience is a bit more disjointed when lesson, practice and quiz are separate. in Babbel it's all woven together so it flows better.
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my advice to everybody is learn Spanish and Chinese NOW because the older you get the harder it will be
it is noticeably harder for me now than it was 15 years ago even with better system - but back then i had no real reason to do it - i was just doing it for fun so when it didn't feel like fun i just stopped - huge mistake
of course do not study languages at the expense of more important things like work and professional education
but if you have free time instead of watching football game like a retard fire up Spanish on Babbel or YoYoChinese
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there are a few aspects to language learning:
1 - repetition
2 - negative feedback loop ( correcting mistakes )
3 - instruction ( rules )
Rosetta Stone completely deletes #3 and says it is better that way, but actually it was just easier for them to implement that way.
and although the first two are more important and you really CAN do without #3 ...
it's just a lot less painful and a much smoother process when rules are explained and you don't have to guess them ...
the negative feedback loop is probably the most critical aspect of learning though.
both human and machine learning.
all computer based language learning systems seem to do well with #1 and #2 - it is the instruction / rules presentation where some are better than others.
by contrast traditional classroom language learning is all about rules and sorely lacks what actually matters - trial and error.
but you shouldn't have to choose between the two. it's not either classroom or Rosetta Stone - you can have both.
YoYo Chinese is EXPLICITLY structured as classroom style video lessons followed by Rosetta Stone flashcard style training ... YoYo Chinese basically has 3 parts to every lesson: Video presentation, Flashcard Practice and Quiz.
Babbel blends everything together with rules, practice and quiz all happening in parallel.
both are good.
Traditional classroom learning and Rosetta Stone both suck
Pimsleur is OK if you are only able to use audio ( like when driving or jogging ) and can't use a computer based learning system.
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the more i use Babbel and YoYoChinese the more i realize how atrocious Rosetta Stone was
even though i had great results using it but that's because i was younger then
friends do not let friends use Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone is the Tesla of language learning - 100% Bullshit Hype
where do they get all those smokeshows in Czechia ?
i didn't think Japanese was that hard but otherwise agree
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an animal lives in the real world
the average person lives in his masturbatory fantasy
if we win the war in Iran Hegseth will become president perhaps in 2032
these are biological women by the way ...
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jerked off to this nice Latina again:
heavenly weather this week:
unfortunately most years there would be some threat of hurricanes this time of year so i can't say this is a great time to visit Florida ...
but this year Atlantic hurricane activity is record low ...