Learning a new language is like playing a game with Duolingo for Windows Phone

Duolingo

Duolingo, the popular and free language-learning app launched on Windows Telephone last week, and I've been playing with it to refresh my Spanish lessons from loftier school. I like it considering it feels like a game I have to beat. If you haven't tried it out yet, we've installed Duolingo on the Lumia 930 and placed it in front of the camera. Go spotter the hands-on video.

Duolingo supports Danish, German language, Dutch, Castilian, French, Italian, and Portugese. You'll be asked to cull a course when you first open the application.

Like I said, Duolingo feels like a game. Categories feel like worlds you have to complete before unlocking other worlds. For case, you have to complete Nuts 1, before you tin open Nuts two. Each category has lessons, which are built like game levels.

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There can exist up to 9 lessons per category and they're really handy. If you find them too like shooting fish in a barrel and feel confident enough, you can skip lessons by taking a examination. Tap the 'Test out' button at the bottom. The main difference betwixt a lesson and a test is that you have tips in a lesson. Tap on words to see the tips. Obviously, this is not available during the tests.

Completing lessons and tests earn y'all xp points. These are used to determine whether yous are meeting your daily goal. Each lesson is most 10 xp points, so you can do several lessons in one sitting, or do 1 lesson a day. It's upwardly to y'all. Y'all can modify your goal in the settings:

Basic (i xp per twenty-four hours)
Casual (x xp per 24-hour interval)
Regular (xx xp per day)
Serious 30 xp per mean solar day)
Insane (50 xp per day)

Whether you are completing a lesson or a exam, you accept iii hearts bachelor. A center is taken abroad if you make a mistake. Brand more than than 3 mistakes, and yous'll have to start over.

Duolingo

With Duolingo, you are not limited to only learning one linguistic communication. Swiping towards the correct from the main screen lets yous add more languages. I have some experience with Spanish, but admittedly none with German language. I am currently attempting to tackle these two languages with Duolingo.

How effective is Duolingo? According to an independent study conducted by the City University of New York and the University of South Carolina, an average of 34 hours of Duolingo are equivalent to a full university semester of language didactics. The study concluded that a person with no cognition of Spanish would need between 26 and 49 hours to cover the material for the outset college semester of Spanish.

Duolingo

Duolingo is a free download from the Windows Phone Store. It'south kind of a big deal. The app has been named iPhone App of the Year in 2022 and has also been included in Google's Top Apps and Games of 2022. If you prefer to use a bigger screen, you lot tin proceed your progress on your desktop via the web browser. Simply go to Duolingo.com.

Are you convinced yet? Which language are you planning to learn with Duolingo?