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I think that there are a lot of issues with the way Duolingo motives people through unhealthy incentives, but research does show that it works. Though it will n
by devjab 2y ago
I think that there are a lot of issues with the way Duolingo motives people through unhealthy incentives, but research does show that it works. Though it will need to be used in conjunction with other methods of learning to be truly helpful. But then, why would you learn a language if you’re not going to actively use it?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379288394_The_Effectiveness_of_Duolingo_English_Courses_in_Developing_Reading_and_Listening_Proficiency https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379288394_The_Effec...
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago> Though it will need to be used in conjunction with other methods of learning to be truly helpful. This reminded me of that story by Feynman where he meets a painter that claims we can make orange paint with just red and white.
- jamager 2y agoNo, research doesn't show that it works. That research you link has been conducted by Xiangying Jiang and Bozena Pajak (first and last authors). If you want to contact them about how totally objective and unbiased they are, here are their emails: xiangying@duolingo.com bozena@duolingo.com
- codethief 2y agoDon't forget the second author, ryanpeters@duolingo.com!
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y agoThere's a subreddit for this, it's r/MurderedByWords
- sir_eliah 2y agoTouché!