![]() "We've done a lot of work to improve how we teach and because of our users we are in a unique position to work out how best to teach a language. "There's an independent study that shows that if you use Duolingo for 34 hours you learn the same as you would in one university semester of language learning." "I think the reason it's been doing so well is it's very enjoyable – there are a lot of aspects that make it a bit like playing a game – but also effective," he explains. Von Ahn believes its success is down to a combination of clever, intuitive design aspects and constantly evolving teaching methods. ![]() ![]() So what makes Duolingo different from the hundreds of other digital language learning platforms out there? The fact that it's free is obviously a big draw, but there must be more to it than that. Put another way, in America there are more people using Duolingo than learning a language through the US public school system. The app now has 40 million registered users, making it one of the most popular ways to learn languages in the world. Luis von Ahn launched Duolingo in 2012 along with co-founder Severin Hacker.
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