Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Review: Duolingo

Today I would like to take the time to review a wonderful little program called Duolingo. If you've never heard about it, then I shall enlighten you: Duolingo is a website where you can basically learn a new language without paying so much as a penny. By either installing the Duolingo app on your phone or going to their website, Duolingo.com, you can sign up and begin to learn a new language.
Now, I want to stress that I have no affiliation with Duolingo, in fact they probably have no idea that I exist. But I LOVE this program, and have been using it every single day lately, so I thought I better review it for you all. The main thing that I love about Duolingo is obviously the cost of it (or lack thereof). It essentially does exactly what Rosetta Stone teaches you, but it doesn't require you to spend an exorbitant amount of money on a language program. Another thing that I have really been liking about Duolingo is that it shows when you have a "streak" going; that is, how many consecutive days you have been improving on a new language by using Duolingo. By having this streak feature displayed on my Duolingo profile, it makes me want to lengthen my streak even more.
Also, both the app and the website are extremely user friendly and very easy to use. There aren't a lot of over-the-top features, it's just a straightforward program with loads of vocabulary for you to learn. They offer 5 languages currently for anyone to learn, and you can even learn multiple languages at the same time. That's a little too much for me, I'm just sticking to Spanish for the time being! But they offer Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese for all to learn.
So, here is my final review for Duolingo, summed up: a free, fun, easy to use program that is very effective in teaching you the basics of a language. I would HIGHLY recommend it to any of you who want to learn one of the 5 languages that they offer, and why not? It's completely free!

A screenshot of a Duolingo account.

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