duolingo for homework practice
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A guide for language educators to use DUOLINGO as homework for their students. Each student can go at their own pace, and can focus on areas which are more difficult to them.TRANSCRIPT
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For homework practicePilar Munday, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of SpanishSacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
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Today's outline
➪ What is duolingo?
➪ What kind of activities can I do there?
➪ Why use it for homework?
➪ How to use it for homework
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What is duolingo?
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What is duolingo?
It's a free website & phone, tablet app,
with no ads, where you can learn or
practice a language
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What is duolingo?
It has a "tree" with levels, where you see how much you have
learned
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What is duolingo?
It has different types of activities
(mostly translations)
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What is duolingo?
You can set goals for yourself and follow other
people and see their progress
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Languages offered
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What kind of activities can I do there?
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What kind of activities can I do there?
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What kind of activities can I do there?
Learn vocabulary
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What kind of activities can I do there?
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What kind of activities can I do there?
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What kind of activities can I do there?
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What kind of activities can I do there?
Mostly translations
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What kind of activities can I do there?
Pronunciation
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What kind of activities can I do there?
Pronunciation Dictation
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Translations of real texts (for more
advanced students)
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where students can collaborate
& comment
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Why use it for homework?
➪ For students:○ Practice at their own level○ Practice at their own rate○ Practice different skills○ "Compete" with classmates○ Develop autonomous learning skills
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Why use it for homework?
➪ For teachers:○ Activities already created○ Easy to follow what students do○ It can help with differentiation○ For more advanced learners, it's a great
way to have students collaborate with each other & with other people
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How to use it for homework
➪ Create an account for yourself
➪ Ask your students to create an account
➪ Have them follow you (& each other)
Some tips:
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How to use it for homework
If they are NOT beginners, ask
them to take the placement test
first
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How to use it for homework
1. Assign a certain number of lessons per
week
Possibilities
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How to use it for homework
2. Ask students to spend a set amount
of time per day/week on it
(with the help of Duo, the owl)
Possibilities
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How to use it for homework
3. Students need to turn certain lessons
to "gold"
Possibilities
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How to use it for homework
Other
Possibilities
➪ Give extra credit to the student who completes the most points in a week
➪ Reward students when they arrive at a certain levels or they do it several days in a row
➪ Collaborate on translations
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Students have an activity
stream, where you see what
they have done & can comment
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Important details: WORDS better than LEVEL
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Duolingo does NOT list the
content of the lessons in one
place. I'm creating a
spreadsheet for Spanish
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More to explore:- Grow, G. O. (1991/1996). Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed. Adult Education Quarterly, 41 (3), 125-149. http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow
- Ellis, E., Gable, R. A., Gregg, M., & Rock, M. L. (2008). REACH: A framework for differentiating classroom instruction. Preventing School Failure, 52(2)
- Alkire, Scott. "Dictation as a language learning device." The Internet TESL Journal 8.3 (2002): 1.: http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Alkire-Dictation.html
- Karimian, Zeinab, & Mohammad Reza Talebinejad. "Students’ Use of Translation as a Learning Strategy in EFL Classroom." Journal of Language Teaching and Research [Online], 4.3 (2013): 605-610. Web. 7 Mar. 2014 http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jltr/article/view/jltr0403605610/6776
* Blog post by Gabriel Guillén: Is Duolingo more effective than your Spanish class? http://www.gaguillen.com/2013/10/is-doing-duolingo-more-effective-than-your-spanish-class/