It is hard to believe that this person could have achieved a valid pass mark themselves without assistance in the test.”Īston University in Birmingham is one of the many UK institutions that adopted Duolingo at the height of the pandemic but has now dropped it. When I checked her record, I found she had entered on Duolingo scores. “In the classroom, I have seen a student whose English was far below the necessary standard and unable to contribute in class or pass the oral presentation component of the course. “They are more likely to commit plagiarism because they are less able to understand and apply academic conventions – such as how to paraphrase – correctly.

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