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Gamification in mobile-assisted language learning: a systematic review of Duolingo literature from public release of 2012 to early 2020

Mitchell Shortta Learning Technologies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Shantanu Tilakb Educational Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5264-2652View further author information
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Bethany Martensc Teaching and Learning: Foreign, Second, & Multilingual Language Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3255-6954View further author information
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Pages 517-554 | Published online: 05 Jul 2021

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