Project

Lingualive

Year

2018

Category

Facilitator

Researcher

UX Designer 

Synopsis

Designing a Language learning app along with web landing page.

Team

Jennifer Regan

Ricardo Ortiz

The challenge is to build a language learning application to help beginners pick up a new language, introducing an effective way to interact with native speakers.

The outcome deliverable is an interactive prototype and front-facing website for Lingualive.

Project Highlights  

• Identifying user goals through field research and contextual interviews, conducting usability testing and prototyping existing language learning app
• Designing user personas for teachers and students profile base on interview
• Develop sitemaps, user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that effectively communicate your design to stakeholders
• Prototyping with Principle and sketch conducting usability tests base on discussion guide

Methodology  

Design studio sessions

• leading ideation activities to generate ideas, guiding the team through design-critique discussions, to focus on these 2 design directions that we value as the most effective features for learning.
  
• The team expands on ideas with the methodology of "crazy 8s", share and discuss ideas through thoughtful and constructive critique, followed by converging on these ideas. 

Interactive Flashcards

• Phonetics
• Ability to save
• Gamification
• Alphabets and words
• Accent engine
• Point of reference

Role-Playing

• Role-playing considerations
• Immersion
• Instant Feedback
• Repetition
• Native speaker