what is an in-house course in duolingo

The Italian course is made by in-house, paid, Duolingo staff. The Italian stories in Duolingo were translated by volunteers, or course contributors. There are currently five course contributors for the Duolingo Italian course.

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What are the new Duolingo courses aligned with?

120 rows · Mar 11, 2015 · Course list. The following is a table of courses currently available ( green) or being created ( gray) on Duolingo. A description of what each specific course phase ("φ") means can be found here. For courses developed in-house by Duolingo staff the dates presented are estimates.

How much does Duolingo cost?

Language courses for English speakers. Try one of our free language courses today.

Are there any podcasts on Duolingo?

The world’s #1 way to learn a language. Learning with Duolingo is fun, and research shows that it works! With quick, bite-sized lessons, you’ll earn points and unlock new levels while gaining real-world communication skills.

What is the highest level on Duolingo?

For courses developed in-house by Duolingo staff the dates presented are estimates.List of courses (119) Languages. φ. all … Category: Duolingo language courses Preview / Show details . Free Language Courses For English Speakers Duolingo. …

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When you decide to create a new language course, where do you start?

First, our language learning experts develop lists of communicative goals, the words and phrases needed to accomplish each goal, and every grammatical concept we'll teach in the course, organized by proficiency level.

How does that work at the level of an individual skill?

For example, once you decide on vocabulary about shopping, how do you turn that into a skill?

What about when you update existing courses, like the German one?

When you align an existing course to the CEFR, do you also start from scratch?

Is it possible to translate a course to more languages?

For example, since we already have an Arabic course for English speakers, couldn't we translate the English from that course to Spanish to make an Arabic course for Spanish speakers?

How long does it take to create a brand-new course on Duolingo?

It depends! Here are some of the most important factors for the timeline of a new course:

Duolingo offers world-class courses from world-class experts

Our courses are thoughtfully designed by language teaching experts here at Duolingo and by talented language experts from the linguistic communities themselves: our course contributors. And the work is never finished, even after all those skills, sentences, and translations are programmed in.

How to use Duolingo?

One of my favorite ways to use Duolingo is to do “reverse trees.” This means that instead of doing English to Spanish, you could do Spanish to English. Even better, once you know Spanish, then you can use Spanish to get to your next language!

How is a level determined in Duolingo?

The level is determined by the amount of XP that you have in that language. Duolingo used to show your levels on your profile, but now only shows the amount of XP you have.

How many crowns do you need to get a golden owl in Duolingo?

This happens when every topic in your tree has at least 1 crown.

What is a tree in Duolingo?

A tree is basically all of the lessons that are available for the language course that you chose. Each lesson is divided into 5 “crowns”, which represents how well you know that specific topic.

Can I use Duolingo with Italki?

As a side note, I use Duolingo alongside italki to learn languages from anywhere! Check out why you should use Italki here.

Do bonus lessons exist in Duolingo?

They usually only exist in more popular courses, like the Duolingo stories. For example, I found them in my English to French course. There were spaces for bonus lessons like this:

Is Duolingo available in every language?

Then you can scroll through all of the courses that Duolingo has available. Not every language is available from every language, but this is a cool way to get even more practice in the language!

Would I Recommend Duolingo Portuguese And Who For?

If I personally wanted to learn and become fluent in speaking Portuguese fast, I would not recommend it.

Alternatives To Duolingo Portuguese

There are many other Portuguese courses out there that will teach you to speak at a fluent level much better than Duolingo.

Background Information

Here’s a bit of background information on myself to give you some context to this review.

What Did I Learn In The Duolingo Portuguese Course

Having spent 30 days (20 minutes each day) studying Portuguese with Duolingo, I did learn a fair amount of useful vocabulary, verbs, phrases and grammar points.

Duolingo Features & Teaching Style

The Duolingo Portuguese course has 4 units with 91 different topics. Each topic contains 5 levels with between 2 and 6 lessons on each level.

Speaking & Listening

The Duolingo Portuguese course was ok at teaching pronunciation but it could have been better.

Reading & Writing

The Portuguese language uses the Latin script which makes it fairly simple for English speakers to learn. All the letters are familiar, but you will just have to get used to pronouncing certain letters differently.