Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

112: Duolingo


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There's a new way to learn a language on the Internet for free. It's called Duolingo. You learn by translating sentences. And as you learn, you and millions of other users will participate in translating documents on the web. It's a clever idea, but is this a good way to learn a language? Or will the learning get lost in translation? Linguist Daniel Midgley weighs in on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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