“I use it for German,” Khechoomian said, “I learn a lot from the German section, especially because the vocabulary is good. Sophomore Arka Khechoomian, who is also in Spanish 3-4, said that Duolingo is a good app, but he does not like to use it for Spanish. “In my free time I’ll open the app and practice my Spanish,” Gurgenyan said. Junior Henry Gurgenyan, who is in Melville’s Spanish 3-4 class, said that Duolingo is a helpful app. “I would tell myself to play one more game and end up playing six more.” Melville said she believes that Duolingo is good in the sense that it teaches conversational Spanish vocabulary, whereas the textbook her class utilizes teaches more of a scholastic vocabulary. “It’s very practical and even addictive,” Melville said. Melville told her class to take an assessment, register for Duolingo, and practice with it even though she said she is still trying to figure out how to fully implement Duolingo into her lesson plan. Melville is familiar with the app because she uses it herself and allows for her students to see her progress, but she is not as familiar with creating a classroom via Duolingo.
With the different games offered, one can achieve high scores, earn badges and compete against friends.
Duolingo offers nine languages and 50 games, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Danish and Swedish. Recently, teachers of the Spanish department, including Julie Ann Melville and Anne Reinhard have begun adding an app called Duolingo into their curriculum.ĭuolingo is a website and also a free app for iPhone and Android devices with which one can learn a new language “on the go” through games that test reading, writing and speaking skills.
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