InstantCert Courses Expired?

[rachel83az]

Before you spend money on the test, here's an easy (free) way to guestimate how many credits you might be able to get: Duolingo.

Duolingo prides itself on alignment with CEFR and ACTFL. https://www.duolingo.com/efficacy How much of this is real and how much is just Duolingo's PR department exaggerating? I don't know. But they claim that 4 units of DL should equal approximately 12 credits worth of school studies, based on the ACTFL.

So, what I would do is this: Go to Duolingo.com in an Incognito window. Say that you want to study Spanish. Don't create an account. Do the checkpoints to "complete" a unit. If you can easily get to the 5th or 6th unit on the first attempt, I would say that you should be good for at least 6 credits from the ACTFL.

I wouldn't trust this method for other languages, but it should be relatively accurate for Spanish and French.