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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 10:33:26 JST Adrianna Tan

   This is the company that started off doing this, so

   https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-digit/submission/working-without-even-knowing-it-recaptcha-and-duolingo-leverage-unwitting-crowds/

   https://mastodon.social/@botwiki/114418271600163996

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 10:36:44 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I never found their platform for any useful language learning. Pimsleur is the gold standard for conversational learning for me. You can get their dvds at the library, or *wherever you get things*

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:01:55 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Walt Baldwin

     @waltbaldwin I’d do Pimsleur for conversation and speaking and a teacher on italki (vet a few)

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     Walt Baldwin (waltbaldwin@mastodon.energy)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:01:56 JST Walt Baldwin

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     @skinnylatte

     thanks for the pimsleur shout out. duolingo isn't cutting it for my daughters japanese aspirations and finding a local tutor in kentucky is daunting.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:12:44 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sashin

     @sashin it gets you to speaking and understanding fast

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:12:45 JST Sashin

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     @skinnylatte what is it about pimsleur that makes it really good? I might pay a visit to my local library tomorrow!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:56:40 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sashin

     @sashin people have used it to achieve a fairly high level of speaking and understanding. it's probably the best thing you can do on your own without going into an intensive immersion program.

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 11:56:42 JST Sashin

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     @skinnylatte oh is it like to a level that you can just seek out native materials or have conversations for the rest?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 12:11:54 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sashin

     @sashin you can also see if your library gives you access to mango languages. That’s pretty good also