m*honey: a small tool for alternative langauge learning · 24 November 06 by Ray Crowley
Requirements Python enabled mobile device.
Rationale:
The user is in an alternative language environment and desires to actively work on acquiring and developing his/her vocabulary.
People have their mobile devices with them at nearly all times while interfacing with public space and accordingly the mobile device is perfectly suited to help in the language learning process.
Example use scenario
1. User is walking down the street with a friend in the second language of environment
2. User desires to keep a record of a new word he/she comes across. This could a 1st to 2nd language discovery or 2nd to 1st discovery.
3. User has m*honey installed on his / her mobile device.
4. User asks acquaintance what most common translation of lexical item is.
5. User activates programme and textually enters first primary language element, then user is prompted to textually enter translation.
6. User is prompted to make an optional sound recording of lexical element.
7. These units (1st text string, 2nd textstring, sound recording) are saved on the memory of the mobile device and indexed for easy recall at a later point.
Potential Extensions of core application:
1. Upload of text and sound to webserver via MMS.
2. Option to attach image with textual items for visual learning.
Out of Scope
m*honey is not a translation tool or electronic dictionary, rather m*honey is a framework to help a user keep track of new words he/she is learning in an alternative language environment.
Code: download here
tags: language, linguistics, locative, mobile, python, script