English Platforms
Making a tool to teach something as tremendously complicated (not to mention important) as a language merits a custom development for each one.
VocaQuest learning platforms are designed to teach English as a second language, with each source language being a custom development.
Our first project teaches Spanish to English speakers. It is a platform to develop the interactive functionality and to demonstrate the effectiveness of the format.
A large part of this version (English to Spanish) reveals tips and critical observations about Spanish to the student through the medium they can understand (written English).
To create English learning apps then, the challenge is to reveal insights and critical observations about English, written in the student's primary language.
The content developers who are most adept at this task, and know precisely where the stumbling blocks lie, are those who have learned English as a second language.
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The effectiveness demonstrated by the Spanish app (accessable by clicking 'The App' at the left) supports the idea of solutions tailored to each individual language.
Educators looking to provide tools for teaching English can investigate this platform with an eye toward how the lesson materials can be reconfigured to provide the same high level of engagement to English language students.
* Written in the student's primary language.