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At the heart of 7000 Languages are course contributors: individuals who have a close connection to a language that they wish to help others learn. Giving them the right tools to teach the language they know was an important consideration in developing the app, and we settled on a well-organized and highly customizable system. Course contributors can view a breakdown of their course as Units, Lessons, and Vocab Items, and they're able to modify any data in their course. They're also able to bring their own perspective to the course, by ordering the Units, Lessons, and Vocab Items and introducing the many components that make it up.
\n \nAlong with the organized and customizable course contributor interface, contributors are able to easily create course vocabulary items using several different input types. Text, pictures, and audio recordings are all supported to ensure a rich learning experience for users enrolled in the course. These features work for both Latin and Non-Latin languages, making the app accessible to many languages across the globe.
\n \nThe other core user group on the 7000 Languages app are learners, whose experience discovering and working through courses should be seamless and practical. To ensure the first of the two requirements was met, we implemented a simple yet powerful course search page, which can filter all courses by name and creator. To give users the ability to try out in progress courses or join in on courses made by people they know, they can join private courses, which are protected by a course code.
\n \nAfter finding a language learning course they'd like to start, learners are presented with an intuitive set of pages to begin practicing Vocab Items. Learners can also view a high level of the course and navigate through Units and Lessons too, much like contributors can as they setup a course. Keeping pages consistent and understandable is important in learning a language, so we took care in our implementation of this set of pages to ensure content is readable at all times without unexpected shifts or errors. For example, on the Lesson screen, image and audio files are cached in order to be presented quickly and not interrupt a learner or contributor’s experience.
\n \nBuilding connections is what helps people learn, and emphasizing this is the key component of the 7000 Languages App's learning activities. Each activity focuses on a randomized selection of Vocab items from the lesson, and a learner's progress through the practice session is automatically saved to be picked up later. The look and feel of the practice experience went through a careful design and implementation process to enhance interactivity and learning success.
\n \nJust as the 7000 Languages app helps teach many different languages through contributed courses, the app itself can be used in several different languages with a global setting. Courses also have settings themselves, including their privacy and corresponding security code if they are private.
\n \nIn order to support 7000 Languages international audiences, the app can be presented in English, French, and Spanish, with potential to be translated to any language.
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