If you choose to sign up via email, you can link your Facebook account to Duolingo later. If you choose to sign up via Facebook, it’ll be easier for you to invite friends later. You can also automatically share updates and progress on your Facebook timeline.
Spanish French German Japanese Italian Korean Mandarin Chinese Russian Arabic Portuguese Hindi Turkish Dutch Latin Swedish Greek Irish Polish Norwegian (Bokmål) Hebrew Vietnamese Hawaiian High Valyrian Danish Indonesian Romanian Welsh Czech Scottish Gaelic Swahili Hungarian (still in Beta) Ukrainian Klingon (still in Beta) Navajo (still in Beta) Esperanto Finnish Yiddish (still in Beta) Haitian Creole (still in Beta)
Full name Location Short bio Facebook account (as well as whether you’d like to automatically share progress on Facebook) Twitter account Profile picture
Go to notification settings: https://www. duolingo. com/settings/notifications Check the box next to “Email me when. . . " and select a time. Try to choose an hour when you can be fully focused on learning the language. The end of the day (an hour before you go to bed) might be a good time to use at first–you can get the language into your memory right before you go to bed.
There are five levels per unit. Once you click on each lesson, you’ll see what percentage of the way you are to the next level. You can level up either by finishing all of the required lessons in your level or taking the test.
Since this is a test of your knowledge, you must make less than four mistakes in order to pass. That means, if you lose all three hearts, you’ll still have one more chance, but if you make one more mistake after that, you won’t test out. You can try again as many times as you’d like, though. If you test out, you’ll be able to level up! You can continue to take these tests or complete the required lessons until you get to level 5. If you are a beginner to your language or do not know the content in your skill very well, it is highly advisable that you start with the lessons until you know the content well. In order to gain a greater comprehension of the language, take screenshots of the lesson content, and write and/or speak using the words and/or sentences in Duolingo. Once you get to level 5, you will see a “practice” button since you have completed all the lessons. Congrats! Continue to practice this skill so you don’t lose it. You can choose to practice with or without a timer. If practicing with a timer, try to beat the clock if you can, but don’t rush! You may make more mistakes if you rush. Take it slow and focus on learning.
Vocabulary: You’ll see a picture of the item and be asked to name it in either your native or target language. Translation: You’ll be asked to translate a word or sentence out of English and into the other language, or vice versa. Listening: You’ll hear an audio clip of a word or sentence and be asked to type it in. You’ll see “Type what you hear” above it. (Note that you won’t be translating for these questions — for instance, if you hear the sentence in Spanish, type it in Spanish, not English. ) To play the clip more slowly, click the smaller turtle icon beneath the main speaker button. Speaking (optional): You’ll be asked to repeat or translate sentences using the microphone on your computer or mobile device. If you don’t want to do the speaking questions, click the gear in the upper right corner, choose Settings, and switch the microphone option to off.
Note that as you get further along in your studies and your sentences become more complicated, this tool won’t be as useful. Beware! Duolingo will note that you peeked. However, you won’t lose any points for this.
Enter: Submits an answer 1, 2 or 3: Selects a multiple-choice answer Up and down arrows: Scrolls through choices in a drop menu Ctrl + Space: Replay audio clip Ctrl + Shift + Space: Replay audio clip more slowly. Click the gear in the upper-right corner and select Help to see a visual table of keyboard commands.
Practice overall: Navigate to your skill tree, and click the blue button at the bottom of the page to practice. You’ll be randomly quizzed on everything you’ve learned up to this point. Practice individual skills. Learning a language takes practicing the skills little by little. Take the lessons in your skill tree (or attempt the tests if you know enough) until you get to level 5. Once you get to level 5, you can practice a skill either with Timed Practice or without a timer.
Click Discussion on the top bar to enter the main forum. From there, you can select your language on the right sidebar. Discuss skill units. Each Skill unit will have a discussion board, below the lessons. You might find answers to common questions there.
Practice speaking with that person, too. It only benefits you if you and that other person speak together. Introduce a new friend or family member to Duolingo. If you know someone that may enjoy learning a new language (or just gets bored easily!), you may want to invite them to Duolingo and show them how to use it.
