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Learning Foreign Languages With Duolingo and Memrise

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Clara Herlina Karjo,

Wiwik AndreaniAuthors Info & Claims

ICDEL '18: Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Distance Education and Learning

Pages 109 - 112

https://doi.org/10.1145/3231848.3231871

Published: 26 May 2018 Publication History

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Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has been prevalent recently due to the advance of technology. In this paper, the writer is using auto ethnography method to compare the efficacy of two language learning apps: Duolingo and Memrise for learning two different foreign languages. Duolingo is used to learn Spanish and Memrise is used to learn Italian. This paper reports the results of learning both languages within the period of two months using the above mentioned language learning apps. Moreover, the writer also discusses the nature of learning, the principles and the challenges of learning foreign languages using mobile devices.

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1. Human-centered computing
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    1. Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing

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