Passive language learning application design

This thesis proposes the term “passive language learning” and presents four digital language learning products designed and collaboratively implemented by the author. All of the four applications promote learning a foreign language passively by using creative application design to naturally integrate language learning into people’s daily interaction with the rest of the world. This is an endeavor to make second language acquisition easier and more enjoyable. The thesis first includes a literature review and then presents the four passive language learning applications accordingly: a grammar mistake tracking system called Alang operating on any smartwatch paired with any mobile phone; a foreign accent visualization iOS application called NoAccent, an international traveling and learning web application called Fling, and a language learning platform called FlipWord which integrates language learning into people’s daily web browsing. At the end of the thesis, the author discusses the limitations of the four applications and future work in passive language learning.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teaching of English Sec Lang

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Yinghua

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sadler, Randall W.
• Bishop, Hugh

• Technology
• Design
• Application
• Passive
• Language
• Learning

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2017 Yinghua Yang

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100420

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/100420