Duolingo, a renowned language-learning programme, has nearly finished adding a music-learning app.
The firm’s app will teach piano, drums, and sheet music. This may be one way the company hopes to expand beyond its language-learning software.
iOS developer and reverse engineer Steve Moser discovered this. To find out, he examined Duolingo’s mobile apps’ concealed images and codes. These codes featured visuals of a piano and drum, “Duolingo Music,” and lines of code describing music instruction, songs, and unit reviews.
This year, the company sought a “learning scientist” with music education expertise and science learning research and teaching experience. The company also sought a freelance music composer and curriculum adviser.
Even though the firm hasn’t announced the app, consumers may want to attend Duocon on October 11th. Duocon is a global language, learning, and technology conference.
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All about Duolingo and the apps it makes
Duolingo is based in the US and lets you learn languages and get certified. The platform was made by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker in 2011. It has become one of the most famous apps for learning languages.
The Pittsburgh-based tech company that started out making music apps now makes apps that help people learn English and do the math. Because the company has started doing different things, it now has an income stream from making apps.
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Duolingo’s online English app
Online English lessons are offered by a paid app. The app has certification tests. The 2014 exam, made at a hackathon, tests language skills. During the pandemic, Duolingo ABC, a free English-reading tool for kids ages 3 to 6, came out.
The Duolingo English Test is an English competency test that measures a user’s ability to read, write, speak, and listen to English. As people move through this computer-adaptive test, the questions get harder or easier depending on how they answered the questions they’ve already seen.
A user answers both multiple-choice and open-ended questions to test his or her spoken and written English skills. All of the questions you answer are graded by a computer. On the app, a user can also record a video interview and a sample of their writing.
Many colleges and universities abroad ask potential foreign students to show proof that they can speak English. For this reason, this test has become a popular alternative to the SAT, ACT, and TOEFL.
Duolingo released an app called “Duolingo Math” for math in October 2022. It is the first time Duolingo has added a topic that isn’t related to language learning or reading. You can choose between a basic version and an adult version of the app. There is also a Brain training practice that is designed to help you get better at mental math.