> woefully old fashioned and at worst completely broken
This is the part that I'm shocked people don't notice. A young high school teacher who keeps up with the literature is going to be miles ahead of Duolingo pedagogically. One of the reasons I'm bullish on AI in language learning is that you could do fully-reactive, individualized TPRS* with AI. You could even simulate other students.
This is the part that I'm shocked people don't notice. A young high school teacher who keeps up with the literature is going to be miles ahead of Duolingo pedagogically. One of the reasons I'm bullish on AI in language learning is that you could do fully-reactive, individualized TPRS* with AI. You could even simulate other students.
[*] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPR_Storytelling