Innovation & Technology

Estefania Martinez, Innovation & Technology Coordinator

Duolingo!

What is Duolingo?

Duolingo is a great tech tool for learning and incorporating new languages in the classroom. Duolingo courses offer effective and efficient lessons that teach reading, listening, and speaking skills in numerous different languages. Duolingo caters to every user with personalized learning! Lessons are tailored to help everyone learn at their correct level and own pace. Duolingo makes it easy for its users to stay motivated. They allow users to form a language learning habit with game-like features and creative challenges. Duolingo allows students to have fun while learning by incorporating technology use in their apps.

Duolingo uses a gamified approach to language learning, with lessons that incorporate translating, interactive exercises, quizzes, and stories to make learning more engaging and fun. This is a great tool for students who are new to the area and may not speak English. This will also help students who wish to learn new languages reach their goals. Duolingo is a completely free app that can benefit students in the future. Effective learning does not have to be boring! Duolingo allows students to build skills each day with engaging and innovative lessons.

Technology-Rich Classrooms

Duolingo is an app any teacher, at any grade level can incorporate into their classrooms. This can help a student who possibly just moved here. This can also be beneficial to students who wish to strengthen their languages! Mr. Riel, our 5th-grade teacher, loves the Duolingo App. " Duolingo can help bridge the gap between Spanish and English. This should primarily be done in Spanish class unless an assignment incorporates any countries/cultures that might speak a different language. This could be a fun way to introduce different languages in the classroom. Could be something similar to how we use First in Math to make math more competitive and fun!" stated Mr. Riel.