Duolingo shares its latest product vision about expanding to new subjects: Music and Math. Company leaders debut the new experiences at Duocon, the largest free global event at the intersection of language, learning, and technology.
“Duocon is about celebrating our millions of dedicated learners worldwide,” says Luis von Ahn, co-
founder and CEO. “We are focused on building the best education possible and making it universally
available. With our expansion into Music and our updates to Math, we’re one step closer to that goal.”
Severin Hacker, co-founder and CTO, delves into the company’s expansion into Math and Music, subjects that transcend cultures and people, just like language. He details updates to the Math course, which will include more advanced real-world math skills, including calculating tips and hourly wage, to sharpen adult learners’ mental math. And Engineering Director Vanessa Jameson offers a look under the hood of Duolingo’s brand-new Music course. Jameson shares how the company approached music education while maintaining Duolingo’s signature, gamified interface.
To help learners of English advance towards their goals, Duolingo announces a new Immersive Learning Experience for Advanced English, a curriculum designed for English learners at more advanced levels of language proficiency.
Bozena Pajak, VP of Learning and Curriculum, also walks audiences through the Duolingo Method, Duolingo’s proven teaching principles that guide content creation, lesson design, and course development. Learning experts unveil new features designed to improve learning outcomes in some of Duloingo’s biggest courses, including:
● DuoRadio, dynamic, podcast-style audio lessons in select language courses.
● A game-changing tool for learning the unique writing systems of Japanese and Mandarin, some
of the fastest-growing languages on the app.
Duolingo’s global community of more than 74 million monthly active learners complete 9 billion exercises a week. Product experts at Duolingo reveal upcoming features and content designed to make learning on the new multi-subject app even more delightful, such as:
● Adventures, a new mini-game where learners play as Duolingo characters and put their language
skills to the test in interactive scenarios.
● A new season of The Duolingo French Podcast, hosted by Oscar-winning actress Ariana DeBose,
tells the untold story of 1920s dance icon Josephine Baker—who was also a spy for the French
Resistance.