DuoLingo Certificate

• The Duolingo English Test is a convenient alternative for international students looking to fulfill English proficiency requirements.

• The Duolingo English Test is an English proficiency assessment used to evaluate your ability to read, write, speak, and listen to English. As you progress through this computer-adaptive test, the question difficulty increases or decreases based on your answers to previous questions. In addition to multiple-choice questions, you answer open-ended questions to assess your spoken and written English skills. The computer grades all of the questions you answer. You also have an opportunity to record a video interview and writing sample.
• Many colleges and universities in the United States require proof of English language skills for prospective international students. This test has become a popular alternative to the SAT, ACT, or the TOEFL for this purpose.

Benefits of the Duolingo English Test:

The Duolingo English Test offers several perks compared to similar tests, such as the TOEFL and IELTS exams. As long as the organization verifying your language proficiency accepts the Duolingo test, these perks may be the deciding factor in which test you choose:

• It’s cost effective. 

The Duolingo English Test costs $49 plus applicable taxes at the time of writing, and you can send your scores to up to 40 institutions for no extra cost. The TOEFL test, by comparison, can cost around $200, depending on your testing location, plus $20 per additional score report you’d like to send. IELTS, meanwhile, charges more than $200 for their exam, depending on your location.

• It’s convenient.

You can take the Duolingo English from any quiet, private, and bright location with a properly equipped computer and an internet connection. Once you buy the test, you can take it anytime in the following 21 days—no need to make an appointment. Plus, if you had a bad test day, you can easily take the test again, as many as two times in a 30-day period.

• It’s quick.

Since a computer scores all sections of the Duolingo English test, you get your results quickly. They should be available within 48 hours after you submit the test—a big bonus if you’re facing application deadlines.

Free practice tests 

• Duolingo offers free practice test questions on its website. Reviewing these questions lets you see the types of questions you have to answer so you're more comfortable with them on test day. You may find other practice tests and questions through other online sources as well.