darren-wei-chen
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3 years ago As someone who extensively studied Japanese using the Genki textbook for nearly 4 years, I believe this would be an excellent resource for reviewing Japanese vocabulary, grammar, and kanji. If I recall correctly, there actually does exist a series of apps released by Genki that are meant to help with practice/review of the material found in the books, but they are paywalled and thus often inaccessible to students - the development of a web application like this would be so helpful for students who don't have easy access to this material!
While I don't have too much experience with web applications or mySQL, I do have some experience with the other languages you mentioned, as well as game development experience in Unity and C# - I assume this is to help with creating/designing the quiz "games" that you described in the abstract, which I would be happy to work on! In terms of possible additions, I think flashcards that allow you to review the material without the pressure of the quiz format would be great! It might also be a good idea to include the listening portion you mentioned Duolingo does, or at least have a way for the app to play the pronunciation of the vocabulary or kanji you might be studying.
Project Abstract
Genki Study Resource is an open sourced web application to study Japanese. It is derived from the textbook, げんき (Genki), so students can use the book to start off and use website for more practice. There are practice problems for each of the lessons learned and videos to watch (with or without subtitles). The videos are here to help students listen to see if they understand because it is the most important part of language learning. The practice problems consist of different types of quizzes, such as drag & drop, multiple choice and some other random exercises. Genki Study Resource is a great way for students who want to strengthen their memory of vocabulary, grammar rules and kanji.
High Level Requirement
The Study Resource should help students practice and master Japanese. The practice questions allow students to quiz themselves to see how much they understand. Students can skip around the lessons to see which part they need to strengthen.
Conceptual Design
This is a web application, so HTML, CSS and JS are the basics. The database systems that are involved when creating a login account are used by Google Firebase. Later, if there’s any advanced games to create, then Python, Java or C++ can be used.
Background
Similarly, Duolingo, is a multi-language learning site, and they do have Japanese. They are similar in the way that they have vocab and kanji to remember. Unlike Genki Study Resource, it provides grammar rules practice so students can take their learning experience even further than just learning the vocab and kanji. It also has a listening portion (video) where students can watch and listen at the same time.
Required Resources
Good understanding of web applications and mySQL if we are building a larger database. Python, Java, C++ or any game development languages is a plus.