Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Duolingo

This is an extremely well produced app. Students can select Spanish or French and then they compete for mastery of each level. Levels are progressively harder. The possibility exists for a student to master a level without competing- effectively allowing them to "test out" of levels and move directly to challenging ones. It is set up as a game and students try to keep their hearts. Their progress is recorded and available to review. It is a very individual activity so I assign when students have a few minutes of down time at the end of a test or other activity. Students can toggle the language themselves so keep an eye out- I had one student who decided she'd rather do it in French, which is great but not in Spanish class. ;)

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