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Duolingo is a game-based language learning tool. Students first choose which language they want to learn. Beginners can start with "Phrases," or more advanced learners can take a quick placement test to determine the appropriate starting point. Instructional practice activities cover all four skills (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) and require students to go back and forth between the target language and their self-identified native language.

Students can also practice conversational, situational language skills in the Stories section. Students see their streak count (their number of days in a row spent using the tool) and their hearts (like lives remaining in a video game). Students earn experience points (XP) for their time in the app, and their user profile (visible when signed in) displays badges with their level and XP and flag icons representing the languages they're learning. English speakers can elect to learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, or Turkish; other languages have similar (if slightly more limited) options.

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Students can sign up on their own to use the Duolingo site and Chrome app or its corresponding mobile app which is how most users access the service; both have free versions. A paid Duolingo Plus subscription removes ads, allows for offline courses on mobile and more. Most relevant to the classroom: Students can sign up for a Duolingo for schools account, which is free and lets teachers link to their students' accounts and track their progress. Teachers can sign up for a free account, add class sections and share a link with their students to let them sign up to join a particular section. Once students enroll, teachers can monitor their progress with an overall course view or a detailed list view and assign homework targeted for individual students' needs.

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Step 1: Head to Schools.Duolingo.com

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Step 2: Log In Using Your Duolingo Account

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Step 2: Log In Using Your Duolingo Account

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If you haven’t created a Duolingo account already, you would create one now. Since I already have a Duolingo account, I use that to log in.

There is no need to create a separate account or a new account to use Duolingo for Schools.

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Step 3: Once You are logged in, Create a Duolingo Classroom

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Step 3: Once You are logged in, Create a Duolingo Classroom

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In order to create a Duolingo classroom, you need to click on the orange button and start filling out the information as you go.

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The first thing it asks for is a name for your classroom. For example, I named mine “Spanish 101” because it would be a beginner Spanish class.

You can name yours whatever you would like and you can change it later if you change your mind. Then choose the language that your students are studying and the language that they speak.

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You can choose any language that is available to learn on Duolingo as the language that your students are studying.

However, Duolingo for Schools is only available at the moment for students that speak English, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Italian, Russian, or German.

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Step 6: Inviting students on the Duolingo classroom.

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Step 6: Inviting students on the Duolingo classroom.

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Next, you decide how you would like to invite your students to the Duolingo classroom. You can either share a classroom link with them or create accounts for them.

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Step 7: Share the Duolingo classroom code 

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Step 7: Share the Duolingo classroom code 

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If you choose that option, you will get a link that you can share with your students as well as a classroom code that they can use to join your Duolingo classroom.

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Step 8: Adding students on the Duolingo classroom.

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Step 8: Adding students on the Duolingo classroom.

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If you choose the account option, you will be adding each student into the classroom manually, which would take a lot of time depending on how many students you teach.

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The last step is to download the PDF that has setup instructions for the students. This PDF includes a link to the classroom and instructions on how to join the Duolingo classroom from an Android or iOS device.

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Step 10: Help Your students Join the Duolingo Classroom

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Step 10: Help Your students Join the Duolingo Classroom

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If your students are using computers for Duolingo, joining the Duolingo classroom is very straight forward. They will just click on the link that you sent them from the PDF that you were given.

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Next, your students should click on the Settings symbol in the top right corner.

https://happilyevertravels.com/duolingo-for-schools-guide/

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Opt for the schools version and use the teacher dashboard to measure your students' progress and target in-class activities, whole-class instruction, or extra homework accordingly.

Encourage students to compare scores in a way that's appropriate for their age and level: For younger students, reward them for the amount of time they spend in the app; for more advanced students, reward them for streaks and speedy progress.

Feel free to encourage all students to create their own accounts or create a single class account and use it daily for warm-ups or exit tickets. Duolingo offers such a variety of real languages and some fictional languages that teachers could offer the tool as an enrichment opportunity for students to work on at their own pace.

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Duolingo breaks the complex details of language learning into manageable, meaningful chunks. Students don't just read about how a language works; they're guided step by step through exercises and get instant, detailed feedback. The lessons use several methods to help students understand vocabulary words, usage, verb conjugation, and other elements. Students view photos to learn terms, translate sentences back and forth between languages, and type phrases that a narrator reads aloud. If they make a mistake, they’ll see the correct answer, and their responses help the system customize future lessons. Students can also opt out of sections if they're familiar with the material, making this an especially engaging, helpfully differentiated experience.

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The site's clear, comprehensive format serves students with a range of abilities and language experience. The game-like features like experience points, hearts and streaks all help make the tool rewarding and addicting in equal measures. The teacher dashboard takes this progress tracking a step further and turns those scores into something meaningful and actionable for a teacher. It's easy to use this data to get a detailed, realistic sense of your students' time on task and their growing abilities across skills. Overall, this is a rigorous, appealing tool for supporting language instruction at all levels.