Spanish
MEMBERS
29 Members

Teaching Jobs on Teachers.Net

Start a new discussion...
Hola! Would anyone (or does anyone) consider Duolingo a good site to receive high school credit? Is this a stretch? This concerns a student(Sophomore)who is at risk for not graduating. He likes learning German on the site and wants to know if it could count towards credit. Our guidance counselor is asking for my opinion on this and I don't know enough about the site to answer well. Thank you!
Granjero If you follow the address below (without spaces), I have attached a research report from 2012 about Duolingo and its effectiveness as a language learning service.

Cheers, Granjero

goo. gl / 9SK5OK

On 3/16/16, Sra.M wrote: > Hola! Would anyone (or does anyone) consider Duolingo a > good site to receive high school cr...See More
Mar 16, 2016
Daniel Hanson No, I do not think it should count as course credit. Some teachers use it as a sponge/filler activity and others as homework. A real teacher could teach more than double what it teaches.

On 3/16/16, Sra.M wrote: > Hola! Would anyone (or does anyone) consider Duolingo a > good site to receive high school credit? Is this a stretch? >...See More
Mar 16, 2016
Sra.M Thanks, everyone! I agree that it is filler/supplemental material. Just seeing if others, with more Duolingo experience, agreed.

On 3/16/16, Daniel Hanson wrote: > No, I do not think it should count as course credit. Some > teachers use it as a sponge/filler activity and others as > homework. A real teacher could teach more than ...See More
Mar 17, 2016
Monica :D I don't know how it works in your district, but in ours, all courses must be approved by the school board, and if the student is planning to apply to a college, the CP (College Prep) courses must be approved by the CSU system and UC system. We can't just offer a class.

On 3/16/16, Daniel Hanson wrote: > No, I do not think it should cou...See More
Apr 12, 2016


Teacher Chatboards

States

Subject Areas

Language Arts

Foreign Language