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Summary
Learning ASL online is fractured across several alternatives to SignLingo, but there is no dominant incumbent in the space.
What we know
- The products are often poorly designed with an outdated look and feel.
- Features are often disjointed and not focused on a comprehensive language-learning experience.
- The most successful learning platforms leverage gamification for language learning.
- The desire for a Duolingo-esque approach to learning ASL has been documented in internet forums for years.
- Current ASL digital learning platforms fail to leverage gamification to the extent of Duolingo, which frustrates their users.
- The appeal of Duolingo lies in racking up points, being on a hot streak, and bragging to friends.
- It has been proven that gamification is a highly effective language learning method.
Interest in SignLingo
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/5592215/ASL-is-possible-on-Duolingo
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/5703152
Why/how gamification of language learning works
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1065005.pdf
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/language-learning-gamification/
https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/hss-second-language-acquisition/wiki/chapter-10/