Learning Foreign Languages With Duolingo and Memrise

Karjo, Clara Herlina; Andreani, Wiwik

doi:10.1145/3231848.3231871

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“…Requirements Characteristics Ahmad et al (2018) Simple and easy to use Avoid accumulating unnecessary information on the screen Build ease of operation and multidevice compatibility Provide ease in the game, the user should not get caught in the links of the different sections Dekhane & Johnson (2014) Consistent interfaces Design easy-to-interpret interfaces Use known functionalities that resemble computer menus Chuan and Guardino (2016), Taharim, Lokman & Isa (2016) Nice design Use a variety of colors, fonts, and text types, should not cause confusion between links and static content. Design a friendly and attractive interface Generate satisfaction, enthusiasm, and fun by using the different controls in the activities carried out by the application Dekhane & Johnson (2014) Feedback Comment on errors with courtesy words Provide an understanding of mistakes made to improve task interpretation -Bykbaev et al (2018), Grasso & Roselli (2005), Karjo & Andreani (2018), Nunkesser (2018) Multimedia content Place images with adequate quality Incorporate multimedia material within the different learning modules Generate use intent by creating multimedia interfaces that attract the user's attention Grasso & Roselli (2005) Intuition Easy and interactive navigation through modules Avoid user disorientation due to total number of interactions Karjo & Andreani, (2018), Pimmer, Mateescu & Gröhbiel (2016) Motivation Use emotional words at the beginning and end of the exercises…”

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Exploring the technological acceptance of a mobile learning tool used in the teaching of an indigenous language

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Lema

González

et al. 2021

PeerJ Computer Science

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Language is the primordial element for cultural transfer in indigenous communities; if it is not practiced, there is a risk of losing it and with it, a large part of the history of a community. Ecuador is a multicultural and multiethnic country with 18 indigenous peoples. Currently, in this country, some native languages are at risk of disappearing due to factors such as racial discrimination, underestimation of the language, and, above all, the lack of interest and motivation of the new generations to learn this language. Information technologies have made it possible to create mobile applications such as games, dictionaries, and translators that promote the learning of the Kichwa language. However, the acceptance of technology has not been evaluated, nor the intention to involve mobile devices in the process of teaching this language. Subsequently the objective of this work is to explore the acceptance of technology and the use of mobile devices to motivate the learning of the Kichwa language. For this purpose, the mobile application “Otavalo Rimay” was used with several students of a Kichwa language learning center. The methodology used to verify the hypothesis of this work was Design Sciences Research (DSR) together with the theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). The instrument used for this evaluation was a survey carried out after the use of the mobile application. The statistical analysis of the results obtained indicates characteristics such as the utility and perceived ease of use, positively influence students to motivate the use of mobile devices in learning a language. The results also show the great technological acceptance by students for learning and confirm that currently, mobile learning is accepted for use in education.

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Exploring the technological acceptance of a mobile learning tool used in the teaching of an indigenous language

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Lema

González

et al. 2021

PeerJ Computer Science

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“…Memrise has a variety of features, including audio, visual, and media on video. Karjo and Andreani (2018) categorize the challenges features or items used for the Memrise into five categories such as translation of words, word flashcards, audio choices challenge, typing questions, and phrase translation.…”

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“…Memrise grows rapidly and now more than 50 million people in various countries around the world are learning languages with this application. According to Karjo and Andreani (2018), Memrise is a vocabulary-building online learning platform, and Memrise was founded by Ed Cooke and Greg Detre. This app offers over 150 language courses in 25 languages, including English, Korean, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Arabic, Dutch, Indonesian, Italian, Polish, and Turkish.…”

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Vocabulary Enhancement Through Memrise and Google Classroom

Taebenu

Katemba

2021

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Google Classroom is one of the most used learning platforms during this Covid-19 pandemic at school, especially in Indonesia. Besides that, another application is used to make the English classes attractive and interesting. Memrise application is used in this study as an addition to google classroom. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to see if there is a significant difference in vocabulary enhancement between females and males using Google Classroom and Memrise. This study employed a quantitative research method and a comparative design with pre-test and post-test. The sample size for this study was 40 students. The students were divided into two groups, with those two groups there were 20 female and 20 male students. The result of this study showed that both groups of students could enhance their vocabulary ability but, the female group result showed a significantly higher enhancement compared to the male group. Another result showed there was a significant difference in vocabulary enhancement between students who were taught using Memrise through Google Classroom in the female and male groups. In summary, the findings indicated that Memrise was effective in helping students to enhance and enrich their vocabulary.

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“…As it happens, very popular Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) apps such as Duolingo 1 , have a strong labelling focus that is often token based, as shown in Figure 2. Learning using drills, flashcards, or generally learning by rote [33], remains the preferred method in modern Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL) with the most popular apps [17] such as Duolingo [37] and Memrise [20] using spaced repetition algorithms that calculate the optimal interval with which to test a player to ensure long-term memory.…”

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Making text annotation fun with a clicker game

Madge

Bartle

Chamberlain

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

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In this paper we present WordClicker, a clicker game for text annotation. We believe the mechanics of 'Ville type Free-To-Play (F2P) games in general, and clicker games in particular, is particularly suited for GWAPs (Games-With-A-Purpose). WordClicker was developed as one component of a suite of GWAPs meant to cover all aspects of language interpretation, from tokenization to anaphoric interpretation. As such, WordClicker is intended to have a dual function as part of this suite of GWAPs: both for parts-of-speech annotation and for teaching players about parts of speech so that they can go on and play GWAPs for more complex syntactic annotation. Therefore, game-based language learning platforms also had a strong influence on its design. CCS CONCEPTS • Applied computing → Computer games; • Human-centered computing → Web-based interaction.

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Learning Foreign Languages With Duolingo and Memrise

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

Exploring the technological acceptance of a mobile learning tool used in the teaching of an indigenous language

Exploring the technological acceptance of a mobile learning tool used in the teaching of an indigenous language

Vocabulary Enhancement Through Memrise and Google Classroom

Making text annotation fun with a clicker game

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