University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Passive language learning application design

Yang, Yinghua

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Title
Passive language learning application design
Author(s)
Yang, Yinghua
Issue Date
2017-07-18
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Sadler, Randall W.
Committee Member(s)
Bishop, Hugh
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Teaching of English Sec Lang
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Date of Ingest
2018-08-14T21:37:14Z
Keyword(s)
  • Passive
  • Language
  • Learning
  • Technology
  • Design
  • Application
Abstract
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.
Graduation Semester
2017-08
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2017 Yinghua Yang

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