2017
DOI: 10.4995/eurocall.2017.8620
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Governmental partnerships for language learning: A commercial language platform for young workers in Colombia

Abstract: In June 2015, the Colombian government via the Labor Ministry announced a project for young workers called 40.000 Primeros Empleos. In the framework of this project, the Ministry of Labor signed an alliance with the language platform Duolingo as a strategy to provide participants with English learning opportunities and a free language certificate. With the help of a monitoring and evaluation perspective, this study describes Colombian English language learning policies and their relationship with the labour ma… Show more

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“…A clear example of this is what Orellana (as cited in Garcia et al, 2017), mentioned that in 2014 Guatemalan Government reached an agreement with Duolingo to be included in the curriculum of 97 public schools. Another important piece of data is the one provided by the Ministry of Labour (as cited in Garcia et al, 2017) "the Colombian government presents a project whose main purpose is to include Duolingo as a strategy to provide high-quality English education for free with the possibility to obtain a free language certificate" (p.43). As it can be seen, Duolingo is not only an app or a platform, but also a potential strategy to teach English.…”
Section: Duolingomentioning
confidence: 97%
“…A clear example of this is what Orellana (as cited in Garcia et al, 2017), mentioned that in 2014 Guatemalan Government reached an agreement with Duolingo to be included in the curriculum of 97 public schools. Another important piece of data is the one provided by the Ministry of Labour (as cited in Garcia et al, 2017) "the Colombian government presents a project whose main purpose is to include Duolingo as a strategy to provide high-quality English education for free with the possibility to obtain a free language certificate" (p.43). As it can be seen, Duolingo is not only an app or a platform, but also a potential strategy to teach English.…”
Section: Duolingomentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The key players in the language digital market Assessment of the dominant language apps Duolingo This app's co-founders were von Ahn and Hacker, their initial aim was inspired by their doctoral study for developing apps (Garcia Botero et al, 2017). They initially developed the app in a mission to offer 100% free language learning.…”
Section: Language Learning and Virtual Engagementmentioning
confidence: 99%