We’re in the process of working on catching up and adding notifications and things, but it will be some time before we have a reminder system in place that’s as well designed as that owl.Įxcellent Gamification and a Wonderful User Interfaceĭuolingo has done a ton of R&D in ways to gamify the language learning experience so that you can feel good about your daily interactions with their app. We’ve actually had some users tell us that they’re using Duolingo’s notifications to remind them to use our app, which is hilarious and also brilliant. It’s effective enough that it’s become a meme: What Duolingo gets Right Goal Setting and Notificationsĭuolingo’s little owl, Duo, has become a brilliantly engineered motivational tool.

In this article, I’d like to go through some of the central issues in Duolingo and what we’re doing at Fluent Forever to address this stuff.īut before we get there, I want to make a brief nod to what Duolingo does really well. Improving your mental math skills with Duolingo Math will come in handy all the time.If you’ve been using Duolingo to learn languages, you may have noticed that you’re learning words and completing a bunch of modules/skills… but you don’t really seem to be progressing. Brain training apps and sudoku can be a good mental challenge, but they aren't helping you develop a valuable skill. Train your brain with something that's actually useful.Start your 10-day streak learning math now, and you'll thank yourself later. After a decade of developing the world's most popular language learning app, we know how to make learning fun. Enjoy all the best features of Duolingo, but for math.But, math is a lot more fun when you can touch it, break it into pieces, and move it around. Math is usually taught with textbooks, videos and lectures. Whether you're an adult who wants to strengthen your everyday math skills, or a student studying math for the first time, you'll absolutely love learning with Duolingo Math. Math anxiety prevents many people from enjoying math and developing basic proficiency. From bite-sized lessons and effortless learning to streaks and gamification, Duolingo Math takes everything you love about Duolingo and brings it to math.ĭid you know over 90% of US adults admit to experiencing math anxiety? It’s true.

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