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Maximizing class downtime with DuoLingo
From the course: Teacher Tips
Maximizing class downtime with DuoLingo
Hello, educators. This week, we're taking a look at a great new application called Duolingo. Now, even if you're not a language teacher, I highly recommend that you stick out this teacher tip, and listen to how this Duolingo app might be beneficial to your students, regardless of what subject you teach. Duolingo has a really great system of walking students through the process of learning a new language. Students get to not only interact with what they hear and see, but they even get a speak to the application, and get feedback on how well they're doing. As students learn a new language not only does it better their English skills as they make comparisons, between their own language and the language that they're learning, but it also makes them better writers. This application can reduce students to new ideas about cultures, and overall that helps students have a feeling of accomplishment as their working throughout the class. Inevitably in education there's going to be downtime…
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