Users can take the Quick Test both on Duolingo’s Test Center website and through its Test Center app on Android. ( Correction: Duolingo initially provided us with the wrong number of questions on the Quick Test.
The Certificate test with 21 questions and 152 sub-items takes about 20 minutes and the Quick Test, which features 15 questions with 110 sub-items should take about 15 minutes. “These are largely self-assessed today (“I’m intermediate in French”) and therefore unlikely to be taken seriously by institutions,” the company notes in today’s announcement.Ī company spokesperson told me that the difference in content between the paid Certificate test and the Quick test is small. The main idea here is to create a new standard for displaying language skills on resumes. With that, Duolingo’s main cost in offering the certificate is gone and the company is hence able to offer this test for free. Unlike the company’s $20 certificate, which directly competes with established English tests like the TOEFL, the quick test isn’t remotely verified by a human. Language-learning platform Duolingo is announcing a number of updates around its testing services today.įirst, the company now offers a free basic language assessment test.
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