Duolingo: Language Lessons

Duolingo

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About this app

Learn a new language with the world’s most-downloaded education app! Duolingo is the fun, free app for learning 40+ languages through quick, bite-sized lessons. Practice speaking, reading, listening, and writing to build your vocabulary and grammar skills.

Designed by learning experts and loved by hundreds of millions of learners worldwide, Duolingo helps you prepare for real conversations in Spanish, French, Chinese, Italian, German, English, and more.

And now, you can learn Math and Music the Duolingo way!

• Build real-world math skills – from calculating tips to identifying patterns – and sharpen your mental math in our Math course. Learn foundational topics like multiplication, fractions, geometry and more, and keep your brain sharp with more challenging exercises, games, and word problems.

• Learn how to read music and play popular songs on your device in our Music course – no piano or instrument required! Using an on-screen keyboard, you’ll learn bit-by-bit, from finding notes on the keyboard to playing your first song.

Whether you’re learning for travel, school, career, family and friends, or your brain health, you’ll love learning with Duolingo.

Why Duolingo?

• Duolingo is fun and effective. Game-like lessons and fun characters help you build solid speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills.

• Duolingo works. Designed by learning experts, Duolingo has a science-based teaching methodology proven to foster long-term knowledge retention.

• Track your progress. Work toward your learning goals with playful rewards and achievements when you make practicing a daily habit!

• Join millions of learners. Stay motivated with competitive Leaderboards as you learn alongside our global community.

• Every language course is free. Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Esperanto, Polish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Hebrew, Welsh, Arabic, Latin, Hawaiian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, English, and even High Valyrian! And now, learn Math and Music with our newest courses!

What the world is saying about Duolingo⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️:

Editor's Choice and "Best of the Best” — Google Play

“Far and away the best language-learning app.” — The Wall Street Journal

“This free app and website is among the most effective language-learning methods I’ve tried… lessons come in the form of brief challenges — speaking, translating, answering multiple-choice questions — that keep me coming back for more.” — The New York Times

“Duolingo may hold the secret to the future of education.” — TIME Magazine

“...Duolingo is cheerful, lighthearted and fun…” — Forbes

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Ratings and reviews

The app has become worse as they rely on AI more, while at the same time reducing functionality for the free plans. It used to be I could find out WHY an error was wrong in app, but those days are long past, making it almost impossible to actually learn anything as opposed to just memorizing the response they want. Add in the fact that the xp boost gifts no longer work, but the friends quests are largely xp based, and this feels less and less like some I want to bother spending my time on.

Learning a new language has never been this fun and easy! 💬✨ Duolingo makes daily practice feel like a game, with bite-sized lessons, friendly reminders, and real progress. Whether you're brushing up on Spanish, French, or just starting out with Japanese, it's the perfect app to stay consistent and motivated. Highly recommend for anyone serious about language learning.Its the best language app I've ever used 😍😍! 💚🐤 #Duolingo #LanguageLearning

There's an ongoing increase of strange or inaccurate translations, and the use of AI is being pushed heavily. I primarily use it for review of Japanese (I've been learning from various sources for years), but I feel uneasy using it for Spanish, because I won't be able to detect those errors because I'm still a beginner in that language. Previously, I felt like Duolingo was a good way to start learning, but now I think using a well made Anki deck combined with a textbook would be the way to go.

What’s new

Duo is trading in his usual diet of mice for bugs this week. Yup, we're squashing those pesky bugs to make the experience better for all of you.
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