Computer Assisted Language Learning

“DUOLINGO”

Bachtiar Rekha N.M. ● Catherine Adelyn J. ● Vanya Amanda Putri

What is DUOLINGO?

Duolingo is the most popular language-learning platform and the most downloaded education app in the

world, with more than 500 million users. The company’s mission is to make education free, fun, and available

to all. Duolingo is designed to feel like a game and scientifically proven to be effective. In addition to its core

platform, the company created the Duolingo English Test, an affordable and convenient language certification

option that is accepted by thousands of institutions.

 Who created DUOLINGO?

Severin Hacker Luis von Ahn

Co-Founder & CTO Co-Founder & CEO
INTERFACE
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Duolingo combines gamification with learning science to keep the learners motivated while studying a new

language.

Duolingo offers courses in 38 different languages

Duolingo uses AI to adapt the difficulty level of the learners’ lessons based on their progress, so that the

learners are seeing exercises at the right level for them.

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Duolingo uses interactive exercises to get the learners speaking, reading, writing, and listening right from the

start. The learners will work through more challenging exercises and will do even more speaking and writing

in the target language as they ‘level up’.

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SKILLS

Duolingo’s courses are made up of skills. Skills are

colorful circles representing each unit in the course.

Skills cover a particular topic, like Travel,

Restaurant, or Family, and teach vocabulary and

grammar related to talking regarding that topic.

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LEVELS

Each skill has six levels, and each level gets the

learners practicing the skill's vocabulary and

grammar with more challenging exercises. The skill

color and the number in the little crown change when

the learners ‘level up’.

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LESSONS

Each level has some lessons which cover vocabulary

and grammar related to the topic and each lesson

introduces new content. In order to unlock the next

skills, it is necessary for the learners to complete the

first level.
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TIPS

The learners can find more information about

vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation in Tips. In

Tips, there are short explanations helping the

learners to focus their attention on the most

important parts of their lesson.

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STORIES

Stories are short and fun dialogues that get the

learners reading and listening to conversational

language right for their level. Stories help the

learners picking up words and phrases without

making them feel like they are studying.

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PODCAST

Duolingo Podcast tells the learners fascinating

stories from around the world, in the language they

are studying. The episodes help the learners

understand the language with brief explanations from

the narrator.
Target Learner Interact-ivity

the app sends regular

reminders via
16 – 22 years old
push notifications or emails

All interactions with the

app are done via Duo,
an owl that guides the
learner through the app.

Duo enables the

learners to interact with
the app in a more
personal way, as Duo
takes different roles in
the learning process.
 DUOLINGO’S Strengths DUOLINGO’S Weaknesses

Basic Audio
Flat tone audio

Fun to learn with

Static Progress

Easy to use
Not yet upgrading

Offers up to 38
different languages FOR BEGINNER

Only suitable for beginner

Difficult to reach intermediate/advanced

Unique and creative
level by using the app only
 Computer Assisted Language Learning

THANK YOU!

Any questions?