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The problem with duolingo

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Sep 06

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In the ever-evolving world of information, staying at the forefront is not just a competitive advantage; it’s a necessity.people always crave to get more knowledge and thus they tends to study more languages to engage with a wider world and people.

Duolingo is among one of the most appraised and scored

Betwixt the apps for learning a languages for non native speakers.its user friendly design and ads entice and draw more and more people in to it.

This write up chronicles the thoughts from a video watched from a channel named arabic 101 in youtube.

Its is stated that you may have to pay a special attention if your child or brothers use it.basically as a student of arabic knowledge, i see it as a materialistic approach of learning something.arabic is a language which is directly stated by allah.so whoever wants to learn it for purpose of ilm

He may keep away himself from these techniques and go for the kitabs and the islamic way of learning it.

Their slog goes like this:learn a language for free for ever.

We may understand that they serve the hidden agenda too with it for free.as said in the documentary “the social dilemma ” :if something is free you are the product.

So its clear that we are being sold here.

Let’s dwell More into its problems.

There are many things within the app.some eg.the sentences used in the exercises are problematic or blasphemous. ( god is inspired by you,nature is our mother,i like the taste of alcohol,the wine had a special effect on the baby,the baby wants to drink beer).these phrases which cannot be approved for normalization and contradictory to the islamic values.

Eating pork and alcohol consumption even for children cannot be normalized amoung a common world itself.

There are also disturbing words among them.which can be seen in the photos .you can Google weird duolingo sentences.

You may think they must be ai generated.the. Complete the reading.

They introduced some new characters.they act like companions.the muslim character was a quickly turned into a concept of liberated dancing women.you can clearly see the change in attire and attitude.it changes from covering the hair to showing the air.the activities she does may seem too unreal for a life of muslim girl.she’s more active.

The concept like feminism and gender roles are also pushed into it.they are short stories filled with the ideas.

Their opinions on 🏳️‍🌈 is also visible in the engagements.

Thanks for reading me.correct me if i have wronged any facts and informations .thanks