guess it! language trainer
TRANSCRIPT
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• Anke Berns (Language teacher)
• Alberto Cejas Sánchez
• Manuel Palomo Duarte
• Juan Manuel Dodero Beardo (Software engineers)
TEAM
CONTENT
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1. TEACHING FRAMEWORK
2. PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
3. IDEA OF THE APP
4. DESIGN FEATURES
5. EXPERIENCE
6. OUTCOMES
7. BENEFITS OF GUESS IT! for SL
8. FUTURE WORK
1. TEACHING FRAMEWORK
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•beginner level (A1.1; CEFR)
•very large language courses
•few hours of language practice in class versus many
hours of independent learning
•few opportunities to attend personal learner needs
•need for more individualized feedback
•need for more language input & output
2. PURPOSE is:
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•to explore the potential of smartphones to enhance
language learning out of class;
•to provide learners with highly interactive learning
materials & environments that could be accessed
anytime and anywhere
3. IDEA of the APP
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• APP should support out of class
learning.
• APP should facilitate ubiquous
learning & offer learning
statistics & feedback.
• APP should get users actively
involved in the game design &
development.
4. DESIGN & INTERFACE
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4.1 Features
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• GuessIt! is based on the idea of
guessing & explaining words.
• Users can play, assess & create new
definitions to enter in the game.
• Users can access different kinds of
statistics on their individual game-
performance.
• Use of Google Speech to provide
learners with audiofiles of all
definitions.
4.2 Register for account & LOG in
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4.3 MENU & Category/level
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4.3 Guess - assess & report words!
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4.4 Report options
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4.5 GUESS or look first for a clue!
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CAN YOU GUESS THEM?
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… OR DO YOU NEED A CLUE?
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GUESS AGAIN!
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… OR DO YOU NEED A CLUE?
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WOULD YOU GUESS THESE?
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4.6 STATISTICS
… success ratio!
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CREATE A NEW DEFINTION!
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4.7 NOTEBOOK
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5. EXPERIENCE
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• more than 120 students from the A1.1 level
• 2 training sessions in class
• students used the APP for 4 weeks
• each week they were asked to play a different
level: level 1-2, level 3 y level 1-4
• each week they had to fill in a test
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6. OUTCOMES
• 165.178 definitions played
• Average play-time by each student: 9 hours
• 568 new definitions
• Significant improvements in writing & speaking
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7. BENEFITS of GUESS IT! for SL
• Learner centered
• Involves learner actively
in their learning process
• Enhances interaction
amongst users
• Peer- assessment +
feedback
• Learning statistics
• Ubiquituos Learning
• Dynamic Content
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• Algorithm
• Implementation of the
system to allow users to
improve reported
definitions
• Multi-Player-Mode
• Other plataforms: iOS,
Windows Phone
• Integration in LMS:
moodle, SNS, etc.
8. FUTURE WORK
• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
If you -as a learner- have any suggestions
on how to improve and implement the
APP please contact us:
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO TEST IT?
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