# Introducing the 10 finalists for the 2025 DETermined Scholarship!

- **Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/determined-scholarship-finalists-2025/)

# Is the Duolingo English Test accepted in Switzerland?

- **Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/is-the-duolingo-english-test-accepted-in-switzerland/)

# Ten ways the UK can improve language learning

- **Michael Lynas**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/ten-ways-the-uk-can-improve-language-learning/)

# New research in Language Learning: A pronunciation scoring model built around intelligibility, not imitation

- **Danwei Cai and Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/new-research-in-language-learning-a-pronunciation-scoring-model-built-around-intelligibility-not-imitation/)

# Why the University of Missouri embraced the Duolingo English Test

- **Terrence Grus**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/university-of-missouri-accepts-duoling-english-test/)

# Announcing the Duolingo Language Challenge: Australia and New Zealand edition

- **Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/duolingo-australia-new-zealand-language-challenge/)

# Duolingo partners with BorderPass to streamline student access to Canada

- **Marlene Olsavsky**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/duolingo-partners-with-borderpass-to-streamline-student-access-to-canada/)

# How does the DET measure speaking?

- **Masha Kostromitina, Ph.D.**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/how-does-duolingo-measure-speaking/)

# No more tradeoffs: Introducing Interactive Speaking

- **Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/interactive-speaking/)

# Free tests, real impact: Inside the Duolingo Access Program

- **Emma McLeavey-Weeder**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/duolingo-access-program/)

# Why context matters in language testing: Lessons from LTRC 2025

- **Sophie Wodzak**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/ltrc-2025/)

# What if new test items didn’t need to wait?

- **Steven Nydick and Manqian Liao**  
  [Read more here.](https://blog.englishtest.duolingo.com/what-if-new-test-items-didnt-need-to-wait/)