Your education system is just going to be a bunch of different mobile apps with microtransactions in five years isn't it

Also, recommend an app for practicing writing kanji, I got a stylus and everything

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Duolingo has been replacing the voices with cartoony ones, and that causes serious problems when learning a tonal language like Chinese. It became incomprehensible.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I only started using it recently, do you mean the slightly exaggerated voice each character has?

      The goth-y young woman character's voice is kind of over the top in Japanese

      • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah. Before I switched to HelloChinese, I would dread seeing the little boy on the screen, because it meant I would have to just guess at what he's saying, and nevermind hearing the tones.

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          It doesn't really hinder comprehension in Japanese, it's just amusing how anime-y some of them sound