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Scratch (Arată profil) 10 septembrie 2014, 21:02:53
I don't know, but maybe if Esperanto makes it into Duolingo for English and other languages, it could be something to help spur interest in Esperanto. Duolingo has become a rather popular app for language learning and in some ways, Esperanto is a great fit to the idea of a language one can learn on a cellphone.
Alkanadi (Arată profil) 11 septembrie 2014, 06:45:51
platypus01au (Arată profil) 12 septembrie 2014, 22:23:39
When the Esperanto course is up I will start using that, and will also come back to Lernu! so I can get things presented in different ways.
I am a bit worried though. My Esperanto is quite rusty and only basic, so I can't help with the course. There are only 2 helpers currently in the Incubator and I think they will need more people to help in order to make sure that the Esperanto course is as good as it can be. For example the Russian for English speakers course has 10 helpers. Given that there is literally millions of people using Duolingo (the Spanish for English speakers course has nearly 20 million users, the Italian course I'm doing has over 5 million), this will certainly give Esperanto an exposure it has rarely seen. A _great_ course is vital. I would love to help, but I would be useless. I will do the "beta" course when it is released, and actively give feedback, but I'm worried that it is too much of a burden for just two people.
Lastly, when anyone asks on the Duolingo forum about what resources are available for Esperanto, pretty much everyone points to Lernu!. There should not be competition between the two sites. They complement each other.
Cheers,
JohnG
Sunjo (Arată profil) 12 septembrie 2014, 22:42:41
platypus01au:Don't worry. They said they have enough helpers, who'll get added when they are needed. (source of information: the facebook group for Duolingo in Esperanto)
I am a bit worried though. My Esperanto is quite rusty and only basic, so I can't help with the course. There are only 2 helpers currently in the Incubator and I think they will need more people to help in order to make sure that the Esperanto course is as good as it can be.
platypus01au (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 04:51:49
Sunjo:That is good news. Thanks.platypus01au:Don't worry. They said they have enough helpers, who'll get added when they are needed. (source of information: the facebook group for Duolingo in Esperanto)
I am a bit worried though. My Esperanto is quite rusty and only basic, so I can't help with the course. There are only 2 helpers currently in the Incubator and I think they will need more people to help in order to make sure that the Esperanto course is as good as it can be.
JohnG
SciBerC (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 12:51:34
jean-luc:One of the helpers (amuzulo) wrote somewhere that once the course is a bit developped, they will be able to recruit other helpers. And I agree with you, the really big interest is not to have one more course but the exposure it gives to the language. That's why the main question is not the course itself, but the ressources and culture the learners will be able to find after completion.But depending on the quality of the course, it may help attract the users, or it may push them away!
It has happened with over learning materials I have found.
I am very excited for Esperanto to be added to Duolingo! It will be a great way for me to learn more Esperanto, and it will definitely attract more phone users! As there is hardly any learning material on android for Esperanto, the only decent learning application is Moosader Fantasy language learning game (is pretty good actually, though it seems to just be a vocab app).
I can't wait! And I will get more of my friends into it, I will show them duolingo, and be like look at Esperanto as well
SciBerC (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 12:51:34
jean-luc:One of the helpers (amuzulo) wrote somewhere that once the course is a bit developped, they will be able to recruit other helpers. And I agree with you, the really big interest is not to have one more course but the exposure it gives to the language. That's why the main question is not the course itself, but the ressources and culture the learners will be able to find after completion.But depending on the quality of the course, it may help attract the users, or it may push them away!
It has happened with over learning materials I have found.
I am very excited for Esperanto to be added to Duolingo! It will be a great way for me to learn more Esperanto, and it will definitely attract more phone users! As there is hardly any learning material on android for Esperanto, the only decent learning application is Moosader Fantasy language learning game (is pretty good actually, though it seems to just be a vocab app).
I can't wait! And I will get more of my friends into it, I will show them duolingo, and be like look at Esperanto as well
LiamPike (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 15:28:42
It's changed my life...By the time the course gets into Beta I will probably be semi-fluent in Esperanto, but I will still do the course... perhaps Esperanto will see its popularity skyrocket! Maybe this could be the time where Esperanto really takes off like Zamenhof intended it to do so... who knows?
I look forward to the Duolingo Esperanto course. Only good things can become of it
flgirl2012 (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 20:21:53
oliviakw (Arată profil) 13 septembrie 2014, 23:33:19
flgirl2012:I'm ver excited for Esperanto on Duolingo. I've been working myself to get Duolingo on there (I contacted E-USA and asked if there was anything they could do, apparently they're going to appoint people to help build the course). Once it comes out, I probably won't be coming to Lernu very often.I would not let go of Lernu after Esperanto becomes part of Duolingo. You never know when you may need a more informative foundation to look back on. I personally feel that I will need more than Duolingo to keep at a good level in Esperanto.