Questions tagged [duolingo]

Duolingo is a free language-learning website (and mobile app) with over 55 different language courses available

This tag should only be used if the question's primary focus includes Duolingo.

If the question uses a service other than Duolingo, use the appropriate tag for that service instead, such as for Anki. However, you may use this tag with other tags used for different services as long they are part of the primary focus of the question.

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How does Duolingo calculate its fluency percentage?

There's a lot of discussion been going on in the Language Learning chatroom about Duolingo's fluency percentage. My fluency percentage (as well as many others') seems very inaccurate, so I was wondering what calculations actually go into creating an…
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Is Duolingo effective in learning to speak languages?

I have been using Duolingo to learn a multitude of languages. I have learned plenty of vocabulary. But is it effective for learning to speak?
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What do my scores from Duolingo's Test Center mean?

I just took an English proficiency test from Duolingo (I'm German) and I scored a 76%. I need to know what the average score is, as well as a basic idea of what each score range means I "should" be able to do. If I got a 76%, what "should" I be able…
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Practice Welsh Pronunciation in Duolingo

I've been using Duolingo to learn Welsh recently. My wife, seeing my progress, has installed the app to learn Portuguese. It's only now (having seen my wife practicing) that I realise there is a "pronunciation mode" which uses the phone microphone…
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How developed are Duolingo courses for each language?

Many of the [Duolingo] "courses" are so heavily underdeveloped to the point of being useless. You lucked out that Spanish is one of the actually legit ones (French being the other main one). Reddit u/chiraagnataraj, August 2022. I checked for…
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