Duolingo users sought COVID-19 vocabulary in foreign languages and shared their own translations, with 17 users requesting pandemic-related lesson content¶

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q2 i? Seventeen users wanted Duolingo to add a COVID-19 learning section to the lessons, and users shared translated COVID-19 sentences and external resource links. → Neuschafer 2022

Evidence¶

Neuschafer 2022¶

Neuschafer, T. (2022). Understanding Duolingo discussion boards as social-emotional support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Educators Online. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1393729 doi:10.9743/jeo.2023.20.2.8

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

Within the netnographic theme of COVID-19 language content, users shared English sentences with translations in languages such as Spanish and French and linked resources such as OpenWHO. The article prints the count of 17 users requesting lesson content.

"Seventeen users wanted Duolingo to add a learning section about COVID-19 to the lessons, as illustrated in the comment below. Since Duolingo does not offer such content, users provided links for others to learn about the vocabulary and phrasing related to COVID-19."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Social-emotional support was the most frequent code in COVID-19-related Duolingo discussion posts, followed by gratitude and pandemic — related
• Duolingo discussion boards provided emotional support — social encouragement and community — beyond the instrumental and informational support previously documented — related