Teaching Spanish at the University Level in the United States

Lacorte, Manuel; García, Jesús Suárez

doi:10.15427/or018-02/2016en

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“…Spanish is one of the most popular foreign language subjects among learners, as there are currently 142 million users who have used Duolingo to learn Spanish (Curry, 2021). Spanish is spoken by 460 million people as their native language (Thompson, 2021), while 100 million have partial proficiency in Spanish as a second or foreign language (Lacorte & Suarez-Garcia, 2016). Online, Spanish was considered the second most important language on Wikipedia by the number of visits in 2016, while it was in fifth place in 2014 (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014).…”

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Duolingo Spanish Users: Discussion Boards Use Over Time

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2023

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Spanish is one of the most popular foreign language subjects among learners, as there are currently 142 million users who have used Duolingo to learn Spanish. The Spanish language is projected to see even greater increases in the United States, both academically and demographically. The current research question asks, “How do individual Duolingo Spanish users use discussion boards over time among highly engaged, moderately engaged, and lower engaged users?” This study of Duolingo Spanish users is compared to a previous study about how highly engaged, moderately engaged, and lower engaged Duolingo German users use discussion boards over time. The results of the analysis showed that there were three themes: (1) highly engaged users make comments over a longer period of time over many years and have the highest proficiency in the Spanish language; (2) moderately engaged users make comments over a relatively shorter period of time during the duration of their studies; (3) lower engaged users are more likely to engage in the discussion boards socially about tangential topics over the span of months. The results of this study may inform researchers and educators on how discussion boards may facilitate language learning skills and Spanish knowledge to increase proficiency.

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“…The Center for Applied Linguistics reported that approximately five million students studied Spanish during elementary, secondary, and vocational education in 2014 (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014). More recent data is not available as of the date of this publication because this study is repeated every 10 years (Lacorte & Suarez-Garcia, 2016).…”

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Duolingo Spanish Users: Discussion Boards Use Over Time

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2023

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Teaching Spanish at the University Level in the United States

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