{"id":2346,"date":"2014-09-12T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2346"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:31:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T10:31:29","slug":"duolingo-learn-a-language-for-free-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/duolingo-learn-a-language-for-free-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"DuoLingo: Learn a language for free. Forever."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duolingo.com\/\">Duolingo<\/a> is a free <a title=\"Language acquisition\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Language_acquisition\">language-learning<\/a> and <a title=\"Crowdsourcing\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crowdsourcing\">crowdsourced<\/a> text <a title=\"Translation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Translation\">translation<\/a> platform. The service is designed so that, as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents.\u00a0 They even offer Irish courses! And Duolingo won Best Education Startup at the 2014 <a title=\"Crunchies\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crunchies\">Crunchies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Duolingo offers extensive written lessons and dictation, but it features less speaking practice. It has a <a title=\"Gamification of learning\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gamification_of_learning\">gamified<\/a> skill tree that users can progress through and a <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Vocabulary acquisition\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vocabulary_acquisition#Vocabulary_acquisition\">vocabulary<\/a> section where learned words can be practiced.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the interface for French &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Duolingo_skills.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2347 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Duolingo_skills.png?resize=800%2C499\" alt=\"Duolingo_skills\" width=\"800\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Duolingo_skills.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Duolingo_skills.png?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duolingo is a free language-learning and crowdsourced text translation platform. The service is designed so that, as users progress through the lessons, they simultaneously help to translate websites and other documents.\u00a0 They even offer Irish courses! And Duolingo won Best Education Startup at the 2014 Crunchies. Duolingo offers extensive written lessons and dictation, but it &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/duolingo-learn-a-language-for-free-forever\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DuoLingo: Learn a language for free. 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