Adam Łukasiak

Adam is a native Polish speaker and works as a freelance translator. He has an MA and BA in English Studies from the University of Warsaw. His passion for education and technology drives him to seek ways to enable other people to develop their language skills with the help of online resources. He works as a Language Contributor for the Duolingo Polish course and has helped develop the Grammar Challenges in Polish and other languages for Clozemaster.

The Best Duolingo Alternatives for Chinese (From a Language Learner’s Perspective)

By / Learn Chinese /

You finished the Duolingo Chinese tree—or got close—and realized something uncomfortable: you can’t actually understand a Chinese podcast, hold a basic conversation, or read a menu without panicking. Or maybe you’re only halfway through and you can already tell this isn’t going to get you where you want to go. You’re not wrong. Duolingo’s Chinese …

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The Best Duolingo Alternatives for Comprehensive Language Learning (And Why You Need More Than One)

By / Language Learning /

You’ve kept your streak alive for 200+ days. You’ve completed entire trees. You can confidently tell a Spanish-speaking owl that the bear is drinking milk. And yet, when you tried to read a news article in your target language last week, you understood maybe one sentence in three. Welcome to the Duolingo plateau. It’s not …

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The Best Duolingo Alternatives for Ukrainian (and How to Choose One That Actually Works)

By / Learn Ukrainian /

If you’re searching for Duolingo alternatives for Ukrainian, I’m going to guess you’ve already lived through the frustration: the course isn’t on the main mobile app for a lot of users, it’s been sitting largely untouched while Spanish and French get shiny new features, and even after grinding through what’s there, you can’t quite hold …

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The Best Duolingo Alternatives for Norwegian (2026)

By / Learn Norwegian /

So you’ve been doing your daily Duolingo streak in Norwegian, and something’s not adding up. Maybe you finished the tree (or got close) and realized you still can’t follow a basic NRK podcast. Maybe the course feels like it hasn’t been meaningfully updated in years. Or maybe you’ve just hit that infuriating plateau where the …

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Duolingo Alternatives for Hindi: An Honest Guide for Learners Who’ve Outgrown the Owl

By / Learn Hindi /

Let me guess. You started Duolingo Hindi with genuine excitement, kept a streak going for a few months, and somewhere around the “Family” or “Travel” unit you realized something uncomfortable: you can’t actually read Hindi. You can recognize words when they’re written in English letters, you can pick “नमस्ते” out of a lineup, but if …

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Duolingo Intermediate Polish: Hitting the Wall? Here’s What to Do Next

By / Learn Polish /

You finished the tree. Or you’re close. Maybe you’ve got a 400-day streak and a smug little owl reminding you that you’re “fluent in Polish” according to some Duolingo email. And yet, when your Polish friend’s mom speaks to you at dinner, you understand roughly three words. When you try to read a news headline, …

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Duolingo Alternatives For English: 9 Honest Comparisons by Goal, Not Hype

By / Learn English /

The short answer: The best Duolingo alternative for learning English depends on what’s blocking you. For vocabulary that sticks, use Clozemaster. For speaking, use italki. For understanding native content, use Language Reactor. Most learners who break through the Duolingo plateau combine 2–3 of these language apps rather than searching for a single replacement. If you’re …

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How to Learn Portuguese Vocabulary in Context (And Why Word Lists Keep Failing You)

By / Learn Portuguese /

You’ve memorized 500 Portuguese words. You can recite them on demand. Then your Brazilian coworker says something completely normal at lunch and you catch maybe three words, none of which seem to mean what your flashcards swore they meant. While memorizing all the words in Portuguese is impractical and unnecessary—even native speakers don’t know every …

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Duolingo Alternatives for Polish: What Actually Works (From Learners Who’ve Been There)

By / Learn Polish /

You’ve been doing Duolingo Polish for weeks. Maybe months. You’ve got a streak you’re weirdly proud of. And yet, when you tried to introduce yourself to your Polish coworker last week, your brain produced something like “Ja… jestem… eee… z Ameryka?” and she politely smiled while internally noting that you meant z Ameryki (genitive case, …

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