I'm at 1218 days* with Duolingo for Korean, and no, I'm not sure only using Duolingo will be enough. My husband and I watch TV in Korean to help with learning, and it's taught me multiple words Duolingo hasn't yet. I learned English in school as a kid, but it clicked by watching TV all er when I turned 12, so I know TV totally works. Then I started thinking in English, and that's how I think it really stuck. (*I go through each lesson until I feel comfortable with the words it's teaching, and only do 1 lesson per day, so not that intently though I have a long streak)

Awesome. What are you learning?

Spanish. My father was from Spain so knew quite a few works to start with but never learned to speak it as a child.

Well done on 1218 days!! My father was from Spain so I knew a lot of words to start with but unfortunately never learned much more as child since English was spoken at home. I think more exposure to the language like you saw with watching TV is probably a good thing. I’ve found Duolingo good to get a quick understanding of many words and the basics though.

Duo is great for consistency. A little bit everyday keeps you going. Highly recommend 'tandem' for practice. It's like Twitter spaces but multilingual. Also there's a great app called 'language transfer' which teaches you the theory behind the Spanish language, which is suprisingly simple and very effective. Also find Paul Noble on Spotify and follow his Spanish course.

Thanks, I’ll have a look at those. I think Duo is great for consistency and for learning the basics quickly but is lacking when it comes to theory and grammar.

I just started doing Babel in addition to Duolingo. Was doing just Duolingo for a few years and my progress has been pretty slow.