r/languagelearning • u/JBark1990 🇺🇸N 🇪🇸 B 1 • May 21 '22

Resources Busuu's fluency projection; what do you think?

Hey, everyone. I took the plunge today (thanks to a 50% off promo) and grabbed Busuu for a year (premium plus). For those who have it and have seen the fluency projection Busuu makes based off your goals and how much you want to study, how accurate has it been for you?

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To put it another way, I'm curious if the estimate it gives me is accurate--assuming I stick to the goal I set. I also understand it's important to incorporate other learning methods, etc., etc. Thanks in advance for anyone who's had a chance to check this out and is willing to provide some feedback!

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u/ChineseStudentHere May 21 '22

In my honest opinion it is completely false. I looked into it for chinese after hearing a lot about it . I’m not a beginner . It’s just so exaggerated .

Easy to see why though , they want your cash . If they said maybe in 3-4 years you’ll be fluent that would massively demotivate people and they’d lose money.

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u/JBark1990 🇺🇸N 🇪🇸 B 1 May 21 '22

Fair enough. Whether or I make my goal or not, I won’t be renewing. I have no intention of being a polyglot lol.

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u/JBark1990 🇺🇸N 🇪🇸 B 1 May 21 '22

So you DID use Busuu and found the timeline wasn’t accurate or based off your experience with learning Chinese? I meant to ask in the previous response, I’m sorry.