Duolingo

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Duolingo website, Group: M. Landerer, L. Hula

Advantages:

  • Starting test to evaluate the status of the user in order to provide a personalized learning experience and give a first impression about the learning format
  • Multimodal questions, listening, reading, translating etc.
  • Very simple navigation, icons to help to orient around, visually pleasing to various ages
  • Leaderboard function to compare to others
  • Possibility to set challenges and claim rewards
  • Possibility to review lessons
  • Way to connect with people, friends and family
  • Profile page with achievements, friends etc.
  • Learning curses are broken down into segments that can be skipped
  • Independent way of learning

Disadvantages:

  • Starting test which can’t be skipped
  • Advertisements that can only be skipped with a premium account
  • Prominent advertisement for their premium account
  • Features that can only be unlocked with a premium account
  • No navigation with the keyboard
  • A lot of languages missing
  • Lack of additional/ supporting learning materials