You only have a limited number of hearts per day, which replenish at a rate of 1 heart every 4 hours. So far so good, that’s a lot of language learning material, all for free! But what’s the payoff? Well, there are adverts, which most people are used to in apps.ĭuolingo also uses a ‘lives’ or ‘hearts’ system whereby if you answer a question incorrectly, you lose a life / heart. There are also the Duolingo Stories, which help improve your reading and listening skills by working through short but interesting stories and answering comprehension questions. There is loads of new vocabulary up for grabs, grammar concepts and the spaced repetition system helps to get these new words and phrases into your memory. Working through the learning path for your target language, you get lessons in reading, writing, listening and some speaking practice. The vast majority of users have the free version, and you get a lot for free with this app. Duolingo currently offers an incredible 40 languages from the more common French, Spanish and German to the less well known languages such as Gaelic, Hawaiian and Yiddish. The idea is that you can learn a language and have that app gameplay experience at the same time. I’m sure many of us stumbled across Duolingo at the beginning or our language learning journeys. It says the AI will create personalized lessons at the correct difficulty level.Learn with Mondly for FREE What Do You Get For Free?ĭuolingo is popular because it uses a game style format. On top of that, Duolingo is upgrading the BirdBrain AI learning system. The app will harness the same tech the company uses for language learning and it should emerge next year. 'Partnering with Duolingo to create these courses is another step towards elevating and protecting our local languages, and sharing them with new audiences around the world.'ĭuolingo is also working on an app that teaches elementary-level math. “For years, we’ve been working to elevate the status of South African languages by creating and distributing high-quality stories for children,' Nal’ibali COO Katie Huston said in a statement. Duolingo worked with South African organization Nal'ibali on the Zulu and Xhosa courses. Meanwhile, five more languages are coming to the app soon: Haitian Creole, Zulu, Xhosa, Tagalog and Maori.

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