![]() ![]() Older tests like the TOEFL and IELTS are designed around a particular conception of validity. “There is no evidence that those students on Duolingo were failing or, indeed, fraudulent, but just not performing at the same level as peers on their course, so we have chosen to remove acceptance for the test.” ![]() A spokesperson told i that the decision was taken because of concerns about student performance.”Īnd quoting a spokesman from that university: “Aston University in Birmingham is one of the many UK institutions that adopted Duolingo at the height of the pandemic but has now dropped it. “Professor John Heathershaw from the University of Exeter linked the acceptance of ‘things like Duolingo tests’ to lower English language standards and described it as a ‘major issue’ when he appeared before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee last week.” A new article in British newspaper i is critical of the Duolingo English Test. ![]()
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