Language apps: Can phones replace classrooms?
Media playback is unsupported on your deviceCan apps ever replace classroom language learning or even help revive minority or dying languages?
Apart from the weird and wonderful fictitious languages available, people may choose apps to learn a popular language such as Spanish or French, citing the ability to go at their own pace and fit sessions around their existing commitments. For Amy Jo Price, a teacher from Alabama in the US, language apps have become part of her morning routine.
There was a 97% rise in Busuu users from Wales signing up to learn Japanese in the 12 months leading up to the tournament and a 140% rise during the first week of games - though developers will not release actual numbers of learners, saying it is commercially sensitive information. Just outside the top 10, Duolingo said there had been a"significant spike" in the number of people learning Korean in the UK, which could be attributed to the rise of K-pop - music originating from South Korea, including the likes of Gangnam Style which, with the genre increasing in popularity worldwide ever since.
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