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    Learning English Beyond Limitation, Duolingo Case Study for Arab Users
    (Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2017) Mahmoud, Hala Baiomy Aly; Yanardağoğlu, Eylem
    Duolingo is one of the successful examples of games with a purpose (GWAPs) that teach languages for free. Recently Duolingo started providing Arabic interface for Arabic speakers and the number of subscribers is increasing day by day. This research aims to explore the Arabic interface of the game precisely the one that teaches English. in this interface the number of learners reached 7.181 million users in December 2016. All the users are Arabic native speakers that are trying to learn English for different reasons. The study examines the reasons and motivation of Arab learners to learn English in Duolingo. in order to do that 111 active participants were surveyed six interviews were run and personal observations of the researcher was used. The majority of researched sample are young and unemployed and trying to use the advantage of internet connectivity and the free game to learn English as a foreign language. The result of research revealed that motivation of learning English differs according to gender country of origin and educational background. Also it stated disadvantages of the Arabic version that teaches English for Arabs from users’ point of view.