return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1370
arrow-up1370external-linkDuolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNotetechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squarerealharo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·2 months 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 months 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.
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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.
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