วันเสาร์ที่ 1 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2556
Most of procrastinators say if
learning languages drains more time and spends certain costs. That statement is
just a reason since the latest technology has been making our life easier. Let’s
say some applications which help us learn languages completely simple, they’re
such a reflection how easy our life is. Similar to Babbel for mobile and
Rosetta Course – samples of language learning applications – Duolingo comes to
enter the ring and it has a lot of promise.
Duolingo is a language learning
application that turns learning a language into a game, more than the other
applications do. Once you launch this application, you are given a few hearts
that represent your health pool that you do not want to lose during learning
each level. Hearts can be lost if you answer the questions incorrectly. After
finishing a lesson with hearts remaining, you will get an achievement to track
your progress in the application.
To use this application, you just
need to install a free copy of Duolingo for your Android device. This
application is quite easy to manage, if you already have an account of Google+
or Facebook, or other social networks account, you can simply login using one
of the account. But do not forget to make sure to check out the privacy
settings on both of these social media options before you tap OK.
Duolingo currently has relatively
limited language choice bit it is still sufficient if you are trying to learn
one of the more popular languages but the Chinese language is still missing.
You may opt for Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, or Italian. Besides that,
Duolingo offers English translation to all of languages served except German.
While this application compared
to the previous language learning application named Rosetta Course, the methods
of Duolingo app is pretty similar to Rosetta Stone’s. In this application you
are instructed to pick the picture that matches the words mentioned at the top
of the screen. Duolingo requires a little bit more interaction while checking
your answer than the other applications. As a bonus, this application offers
some more practical exercises for learning the words, spelling and associated
grammar.
Overall, Duolingo offers more
features than other language learning applications have. Whether the method
used is better or not, it actually depends on the student who uses the
application. What do you think about this application?
