Stop PRETENDING that Duolingo works.

You can learn a language with Duolingo, they said. I am not convinced, and I'll share why. UPDATED FOR 2024: Get a StoryLearning course at a great price for Black Friday 2024! https://shorturl.at/N270G Get all 54 StoryLearning courses across all languages for only $1,294: https://shorturl.at/PXAoQ Re: Evan's response to this video. A massive misrepresentation of what I was saying and the tone with which I said it. A viewer of both videos said it well: "I hadn't heard of him before your video, but I liked it him a lot more based on what you showed than after I did after I watched his response." In other words, I presented Evan in a better light than he presented himself in. Videos are often released up to a week early to members of the TimTam Cartel (channel members). Membership also comes with longer and alternative cuts of some videos and some other little goodies. Join here:    / @daysandwords   Subscribe for more awesome language learning content:    / @daysandwords   TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Duolingo told us that it works 01:58 An analogy for the effectiveness of Duolingo 04:00 How I accelerated my Spanish learning 05:19 Evan Edinger, the Duolingo OG 09:58 Duolingo is hopelessly slow 13:09 Spanish Duolingo is pointless 15:08 Why do we still use it? 17:25 What language learning really is 22:28 Why people are upset with Duolingo 24:24 Don't Despair Duolingo... Who'd ever have thought we'd end up here? I know this was a rough one guys, thanks for watching. This part is here to show people who correct my use of "Lo quiero". Lo quiero is what I say at the end of every video. It's like the YouTuber who says "Hey guy" at the start of his videos, despite it not being correct. I know it's "wrong", but it's right because it's what I intend to say (and often people forget one of its meanings, which would be "I love you" but in a formal context.) It's a reference to a film that I watched in Spanish 50 times, thus essentially memorising the Spanish script for. _ My sound is so much better in my newer videos due to my RØDE Podmic. RØDE is an Australian company and the only reason you don't see their microphones EVERYWHERE is that certain other brands spend more on marketing. I have recorded music with my podmic, and I have a music degree. That's how much I trust the audio quality. If you want the mic that plugs directly into your computer via USB, they have the Podmic USB. This is the black version: https://brandstore.rode.com/products/... This is the white version: https://brandstore.rode.com/products/... If you don't need the USB function (you have your own audio interface for XLR cable), you can use the cheaper versions: https://brandstore.rode.com/products/... (black and silver, non-USB) https://brandstore.rode.com/products/... (white, non-USB) Anything else you want to buy from RØDE: https://brandstore.rode.com/lamontmcleod