For people who aspire to learn a new language, apps like Babbel and Duolingo are bad impressions. Opening the apps 10 mins a day isn& #39;t only insignificant, it& #39;s ineffective practice. You& #39;re spending the rest of your time, outside of those 10 mins, not engaged in the language.

Babbel claims it takes its users a few minutes a day for 1-2 years to reach fluency, and it& #39;s an outright lie. People don& #39;t keep in mind all the factors that comprise a language. From cultural knowledge, thousands of words and their subtle nuances, pronunciation, hearing, etc.

You just can& #39;t compress all of that knowledge a few minutes a day, it& #39;s completely unrealistic. So when someone gives language learning apps a try and not only fails, but wastes their time, they think they& #39;re inept and lack the ability to learn a language, and it& #39;s a damn shame.