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The language-specific subreddits also have excellent advice.

• leoc 1y ago
  The quality of advice on Reddit seems to be variable, unfortunately. Apparently https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese is full of people who've spent years doing Genki (https://genki3.japantimes.co.jp/en/ https://genki3.japantimes.co.jp/en/ , probably an even bigger sinkhole for money, time and enthusiasm than DuoLingo) with little to show for it who are determined to drag everyone else into the same crab-bucket, for instance. OTOH https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/ https://www.reddit.com/r/latin/ used to be very helpful.
  • sushid 1y ago
    What do you recommend?
    • leoc 1y ago
      For Japanese specifically? Try starting with https://refold.la/how-to-learn-japanese/ https://refold.la/how-to-learn-japanese/ . (There are various people promoting similar methods, but Refold are probably by far the most pleasant and professional option.) And in general https://refold.la/get-started/ https://refold.la/get-started/ and the Refold discords are usually a good starting point. For languages which have Muzzy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzy_in_Gondoland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzzy_in_Gondoland translations I'd honestly just start by watching Muzzy in Gondoland maybe thirty or forty times, then moving on to Muzzy Comes Back, before worrying about any other resources or methods. Spanish is unusually well provided for, with Dreaming Spanish https://www.dreamingspanish.com/ https://www.dreamingspanish.com/ and also Destinos https://www.learner.org/series/destinos-an-introduction-to-spanish/ https://www.learner.org/series/destinos-an-introduction-to-s... .