A language learning app designed to focus on conversation to help you learn a new language while keeping your busy schedule in mind.
Roles: Prototyping, Interviews, User Persona, Wireframe
Impact
Language learners need to practice speaking and listening with fluent/conversational speakers because they need feedback and real world practice.
Problem
Language learners need to have access to fluent/conversational speakers to gain new language skills and real world practice. Language learners need a platform where they can connect with fluent/conversational speakers while keeping their busy schedules in mind.
Solution
The Gabology app will provide language learners the opportunity to connect and practice a new language with fluent/conversational speakers within their time constraints.
Research Phase:
After conducting interviews and viewing survey results, combined with Persona iterations it was determined that
People want to learn another language for cultural interests, to speak to one another, to understand music and movies/television.
It is preferred to have someone they can practice with.
Prefer to choose the topic of learning.
Planning Phase:
After working with my partner to decide the features for the mobile app and making a journey map, we quickly followed up with a user flow and then moved into creating wireframes.
Prototype Phase
My partner and I both made paper wireframes and combined the best of both to create a Lo-fidelity prototype. After getting some feedback we made some minor iterations.
Challenges Encountered
The biggest challenge we ran into was when our ideas were in conflict as there was not a third member to be a tiebreaker. Fortunately we were able to come to a consensus quickly and taught me to look at the project/design from a different point of view.
Future Development
The goal of the project was to create a Lo-fi prototype, but if this hypothetical mobile app would continue to be worked on I would do the following:
Prototype out how a tutorial would go through the app to help the user better understand how to use it
create a Hi fidelity version to further hammer out the overall design/details
Look into more topics of discussion that would be to our users interests.