More and more people are using apps as a method of learning a language. In fact “There are more people actively learning a language through DuoLingo than in the entire US public school system,” says Luis von Ahn, Founder of the free language app. Over 30 million have downloaded the app since 2012 (WOW)!!
App’s have transformed education and the way people learn, it has created easy access to educational interative tools to help the learner. There has also been a shift in who is learning a new language, in the past it was assocated with the elite, but now more and more people of less privilege are learning a new language. English is the number one language people want to learn and the British Council estimate that by 2020 (not that far away), 2 billion people will be learning English across the world.
App technology is making the learning experience more personalised, which is encouraging learners to have more of an active approach to learning. The real question is whether you can learn a language strictly with an app on your own? It would be difficult but not impossible. It seems to me that this is a very positive development in education, it’s not just the fact that you can learn a language on an app but also the accessibility to so many people which distinguishes the myth that education is only for the elite. It’s exciting times for education and I am glad to be part of it!!
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