e-CAL - e-Coaching et Apprentissage des Langues

e-Coaching et Apprentissage des Langues /N° de projet : 2015-1-FR01-KA204-015334
students in one place through Duolinguo brand new dashboard.
A moderator is someone chosen by Duolingo to perform forum moderation, course moderation, or
both. Moderators can be identified by a green ring around their profile picture. We can draw
inspiration for eCal ideal supporter type. See further details in section 3.3. Thematic Area
Communication.
Resources http://static.duolingo.com/s3/DuolingoReport_Final.pdf
Assessment *of the solutionfound in the thematic area Competence
Clarity:To what extent the outcomes are systematically worked through, coherent and clearly 5
developed?
Credibility:To what extent the methodological approaches are plausible and justified? 5
Contribution: To what extent the outcome adds to knowledge and/or practice of an issue or 4
aspect regarding eCal?
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3.2. Thematic Area Process
Describe the solution from the perspective of eCAL
The system of learning a foreign language through Duolingo elaborated a certain number of
methodological aspects, which ensure its successful learnin, e.g. monitoring the progress, motivation,
feedback, vocabulary, etc.
Gradual Progress:
Duolingo has an excellent learning strategy because it has a very motivating learning system. It uses a
strategy of game mechanics to create the incentive to keep students learning. It is built very similarly
to a computer game where the participants have to pass certain levels. A student passes the tree level
of the language. The following lessons are unlocked after a learner has mastered the previous
material. Users can complete a variety of exercise types including multiple choices,
writing and also speaking through a microphone. Duolingo uses mainly drills and repetitive exercises in
the lessons. Users can progress through and a vocabulary section where learned words can be
practiced and users gain "experience points" (XP) as they learn a language, such as when they
complete a lesson. Skills are considered "learned" when users complete all the lessons associated with
the skill. Users win one point for each correct answer, and lose one for each error, and validate the
lesson when they reach 10 points. Duolingo also includes a timed practice feature, where users are
given 30 seconds and twenty questions and awarded a skill point and seven or ten additional seconds
(time depends on the length of the question) for each correct answer. This timed practice feature is
only available after purchase in the Lingot store for ten lingots, the virtual currency the site uses.
Lessons Schema
The exercises within a lesson are created so that a learner can develop the productive skills as well as
the receptive ones. When an account on Duolingo is created and the settings are done (it is necessary
there to set up a language, which should be learned and the acquired one, in which the learning will
be carried out) there is a lesson tree in the middle of a Duolingo. The lesson three naturally begins
with lesson called Basics 1.
After choosing this first lesson the five sub-lessons must be completed or a test must be passed. The
test enables the advanced users to go through a lesson quickly. The number of test attempts is
limited. During fulfilling a test a learner has three possibilities to make a mistake, which is illustrated
by three symbols of heart in the upper right corner, otherwise the test must be done again from the
beginning. Similarly, when completing a lesson there are limited possibilities to make a mistake.