Some time ago I posted how I found a Memrise course that teaches the vocabulary covered in Duolingo Spanish tree and planned to use study it. I thought I would give an update.

I like learning Duolingo with the accompanying Memrise-Duolingo course. I wish I had discovered it earlier. The Memrise course contains lessons with vocabulary covered in Duolingo tree with the same breakdown in topics as Duolingo has plus few bonus lessons.

My method is to first learn relevant memrise topic for the upcoming Duolingo topic. So for example, I’m doing the topic on Adjectives on Memrise before doing the same topic on Duolingo. This is more efficient because it is faster to learn vocabulary with Memrise because you either have to tap the word or phrase in multiple choice question or spell it, whereas on memrise to learn or review a word you have to spell out the whole sentence, which can get tedious. Plus if you lose all hearts during a session, you have to repeat those same sentences, which can get boring.

Then when it is time for the Duolingo session I’m more likely to finish it with fewer with mistakes. Also I’m using less hints this way (in Duolingo you can tap on the word and see the translation), and I learn better because I’m spending more time thinking about what is the correct answer instead of immediately looking up the hint.

So if you follow the Duolingo Spanish tree, I highly recommend Memrise’s Duolingo vocabulary counterpart. Here is the part I of the course, and here is the part 2.

Yesterday I managed to get in over an hour of studying. Here is the breakdown:
6 Duolingo
44 Coffee Break Spanish episodes 76-77
22 Memrise

Till tomorrow!