return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1365
arrow-up1365external-linkDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 days agoMore like start learning a second language and give up after a week. This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
minus-squareByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoGateway learning. I learned Spanish to write love letters in 2nd grade. And now 30 years later, I know like a dozen languages at a basic level, but still good enough to be sent all over the world on business trips for free.
minus-squareGreenKnight23@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI wonder how many 7 year olds are picking up Mandarin to protest this tiktok thing.
More like start learning a second language and give up after a week.
This may be a stereotype, but TikTok specifically caters to people with short attention spans.
Gateway learning.
I learned Spanish to write love letters in 2nd grade.
And now 30 years later, I know like a dozen languages at a basic level, but still good enough to be sent all over the world on business trips for free.
I wonder how many 7 year olds are picking up Mandarin to protest this tiktok thing.