THE PROBLEM
Duolingo's listening activies take off the training wheels a little too soon...
The current line up of listening exercises ramp up the difficulty very quickly. As seen in the digram below, the jump expects a learner to move from listening and tapping to listening and writing.Such a jump not only affects our learners, but also the product. For learners, this increase causes frustration (and eventually temptation to skip these exercises). On the other side, with little variety, the product suffers from not being able to effectively teach an important skill. Combined, these issues lead to a drop in time spent learning and a drop in overall completion within our listening exercises (which is no bueno).
