The Use of Duolingo Apps in Teaching English Language Among Iraqi EFL Students
Sura Muttlak Nasser and Bintalzahraa Mohammad
University of Baghdad
Abstract
<p><strong>The Use of Duolingo Apps in Teaching English Language among Iraqi EFL Students</strong></p><p>Asst. Prof Sura Muttlak Nasser</p><p>Bintalzahraa Mohammad</p><p>Department of the English Language, College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:black;">Anyone can now learn at any time and from any place thanks to increasingly advanced technology. Devices allow students to learn languages online. There are numerous apps for learning languages; one of the most well-known is Duolingo. Around 200 million people use the free language learning program Duolingo, which is available on PCs, smart phones, and other devices. It offers courses in over 23 languages (Jašková, 2014). This program is a game-based learning tool for different languages. According to Krashen (2014), Duolingo is an online tool that leads students through a variety of translation-based exercises. You can use computers and mobile devices to use Duolingo. You can use this app on Windows, IOS, Android, and the web. This study aims to investigate students’ perceptions of the effectiveness of using the Duolingo application as a tool for enhancing synonym knowledge. This study was conducted in the secondary school to indicate fourth-year students’ incompetence in using correct vocabulary. The participants of this study eighty female students during the second semester, were chosen randomly for the academic year 2023/2024. To perform the aim of the study, the researchers used pre-posttests as a tool for collecting data. </span></p>
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