Hello! I've recently picked up learning Spanish because I work with a ton of dudes from Mexico. How much can I reasonably expect to learn from this app? I looked at their "curriculum" and it seems pretty short compared to what I think I'll need. What are some resources beyond "talk to your coworkers", that will put me on the right track?
Much more useful, and with the same basic "gamification" strategies are just Anki flashcards. Even the Anki flashcards for the Duolingo will be more effective than the duolingo, because Duolingo is materially incentivized to throw all sorts of difficulties to progression in front of you.
My method, generally, for language learning is having a grammar book and flashcards (with sound if you can, otherwise listening will go to shit) for vocab and doing both. The flashcards take me 40 minutes a day for intense study (writing my answers first to practice spelling/writing other scripts) and 20 minutes if I just speak out loud. Same amount of time as Duolingo and about 10x as effective