Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the Duolingo language-instruction app and software was created by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in 2012. Some schools have also been using the app to test the English proficiency of their English teachers. The app allows teachers to track their students’ progress and receive detailed reports through a centralised dashboard. Within a week of its launch this month the service gained 10,000 teacher accounts and 25,000 affiliated student users. Last year the company teamed up with local governments to run pilot programmes of the service in public schools in Costa Rica and Guatemala. This can free up teachers’ time to concentrate on difficult concepts, answer questions, and assist students falling behind,” he added. “The goal is to provide a personalised learning experience that gives each student and instructor immediate feedback in the classroom.

“Our main goal is to become the most dominant way to teach languages in the world,” said Luis von Ahn, Duolingo’s co-founder. “Our main goal is to become the most dominant way to teach languages in the world” Now teachers can track all their students in one place through our brand new dashboard.ĭuolingo gives you lots of freedom to personalize your learning.While around 25% of its users are based in the US, the new service is targeting an international audience, in countries where high-proficiency English teachers are scarce. Duolingo lessons give each student personalized feedback and practice, preparing them to get the most out of classroom instruction. Many teachers and even entire governments around the world already view Duolingo as the perfect blended learning companion for their classrooms. For our most popular courses, like Spanish and French, learners can also build their language skills with additional features like short Stories and the Duolingo Podcasts. Our language courses are made up of bite-sized lessons and tips about grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. Duolingo is available for download on mobile devices (iOS and Android) and can be used on the web. Getting started with Duolingoĭuolingo offers 94 different language courses, including 35 for English speakers, and all courses, lessons, and levels are totally free. Our first piece of advice: hang in there! Be gentle on yourself, be gentle on your learners at home, and do what you can! This is a stressful, uncertain time for everyone, and doing one good thing in a day is doing good enough.

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