Beginning July 1, 2025, the Duolingo English Test is adding Interactive Speaking.
For Interactive Speaking, you will be asked a series of 6-8 questions in a simulated conversation with an animated character. You will listen to the questions one at a time and have 35 seconds to record yourself speaking the answer to each.
The questions are selected based on what you said in your answers to previous questions.
Interactive Speaking will contribute to your overall Duolingo English Test score and the speaking subscore.
Interactive Speaking will replace the Listen, Then Speak question type. Additionally, the Read Aloud question type is being removed from the test to maintain the current test length.