There’s an obvious lack of grammar explanations throughout the Duolingo Vietnamese course. The cons of Duolingo Vietnamese Not a lot of grammar explanations If you’re new to learning Vietnamese the Northern dialect is a good place to start. That’s probably why Duolingo uses the Northern dialect for its course. Most news and media is in the Northern dialect. Though people in the South of Vietnam tend to disagree, the Northern Vietnamese dialect is considered by many as the official or standard dialect of the language. This is a huge plus because many Vietnamese courses don’t have anything past the most basic levels Duolingo Vietnamese uses the Northern dialect There are a ton of lessons and it will take you quite a while to work through everything.

If you’re looking for an app, or an online course to learn Vietnamese your options are slim compared to other languages.ĭuolingo offers one of the few Vietnamese courses around. As a result language learning companies aren’t usually in a big rush to create Vietnamese courses. Unfortunately Vietnamese is not the most popular foreign language among English speakers.

Let’s dive in! The pros of Duolingo Vietnamese It's is a large course We’ll take a brief look at some alternatives to Duolingo as well. Their method for teaching basic vocabulary and grammar is effective for languages like French and Spanish.īut how does the Duolingo course hold up to the Vietnamese language? In this review we take a look at the pros and cons of Duolingo Vietnamese. But does popular mean that it’s effective? The answer depends on the language you’re learning. Duolingo is the most popular language learning app in the world.

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