Language learning platform Duolingo launches in the Arab world
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Qapla’! Duolingo will soon teach Klingon on its language-learning platform
In loving memory of Leonard Nimoy who passed away earlier this year, it may be, ahem, logical to revisit old episodes of ‘Star Trek’ or brush up on your Klingon skills. tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhbe’ you say? Thankfully, Duolingo‘s here to help. The app [...]
Learning the Duolingo – how one app speaks volumes for language learning
Luis von Ahn with the Duolingo app. Photograph: Photo: Max Herman/Demotix Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist, can lay claim to a lifetime of achievements, but confessed earlier this year that a foreign language was missing from his CV. During an [...]
Duolingo Launches Free Language Learning Platform For Schools
Duolingo, the popular language learning tool, today announced the launch of Duolingo for Schools, a service that makes it easier for schools to use its platform in a structured learning environment. Using this new service, teachers can use Duolingo for their [...]
Irish language gets boost from Duolingo mobile app
Successive governments have tried and failed to encourage more people to speak Irish but a free mobile app may be about to make all the difference. Duolingo, which was named by Apple as its App of the Year for 2013 [...]
Can Duolingo Teach Foreign Students English?
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Chloe Fan via Wikimedia Commons. This story originally appeared in Inside Higher Ed. Carnegie Mellon University is partnering with Duolingo, one of its spinoffs, to see if a 20-minute, $ 20 test is sufficient [...]
Duolingo Set Download Record in China through 360 Mobile Assistant
BEIJING, July 31, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Duolingo, the No.1 foreign language learning application around the world, was released on July 25th, making an exclusive debut in China by working with 360 Mobile Assistant. In just three days, the app was [...]
Duolingo offers language-certification tests via mobile devices
Duolingo, the free language-learning service, is releasing an app called Test Center that lets users take a standardized test on their mobile device and potentially earn certification for their English skills. Test Center is designed to make standardized tests more [...]
Learning Italian With the Duolingo App
There are lots of different reasons why people want to learn a new language. For some people it’s a necessity, if they act as translators for family members or are assimilating into a new culture. For others, it becomes another [...]
Learning a third language with Duolingo – Fad or Future?
By Guest Post | Vulcan Post – My first encounter with Duolingo was purely coincidental. It was a lazy Friday night and I was scrolling down my Facebook feed, when I chanced upon a widely shared piece by Business Insider about [...]