Age between 20 to 31 years old
Learned 1 to 4 foreign languages before
Located in Japan, America, and Sweden
Conducted via in-person, Zoom, or Google meet
People who have learned a new language with the action of something after.
People who have learned a new language with no action of something after.
People who gave up learning a new language for the reasons.
Insights based on the interview…
Most interviewees rarely find opportunities online using
specific languages due to the reason of the security problem.
Whether in-person or online, most interviewees prefer
learning from actual people.
All interviewees have motivation to learn foreign languages.
(e.g. For expanding community, for finding a job etc.)
Most interviewees feel the future potential in foreign languages.
Age between 20 to 46 years old
Learned 1 to 8 foreign languages before
Located in Japan, America, and Canada
Utilized google form
Insights based on the survey…
・85.7% of people were motivated to learn languages to communicate with more people who speak the language, but 85.7 % of people have given up learning new languages with the reasons of
・It was difficult to find other speakers to practice with.
・The person could not see the progress.
・Some people lost motivations.
・63.6% of people have learned foreign languages online or applications but they mentioned
・Memorizing only activity did not work well to improve.
・Memorizing based learning without conversation practices did not help.
・86.7% of people are interested in connecting with people to practice languages from
・Meetups or events (76.9%)
・Online(69.2%)
・1:1 in-person conversation(61.5%)
・Eating out (53.8%)
・No real conversation opportunities
・Not business/job related
・No interaction with real people
Point of Views
How might we questions
I'd like to explore ways to keep people who are interested in learning languages motivated to learn languages to make them more purposeful.
How might we help people to find a clear motivation to keep learning languages until they get enough levels?
I’d like to explore ways to help people constantly and effectively learn languages until people actually can communicate with native speakers to broaden their community.
How might we provide enjoyable and effective learning ways for people to help users to be able to speak the languages?
How might we provide resources to learn the languages for people from beginner level to advanced leveled language learners?
I’d like to explore ways to help people who have learned specific languages enough but have no place to use by having a platform to connect with trustworthy people around the world.
How might we make a platform where people want to learn languages through the languages they have learned?
How might we make a platform where only people who have trustworthiness can join?
I’d like to explore ways to help people who want to challenge working abroad by providing a platform where they can find job opportunities or business connections. (Also information about Visa or those complicated processes.
How might we make a platform where people who want to work abroad find a job or internship?
How might we make a safe platform where people can connect and gather information about working abroad or getting foreign jobs?
Two impactful ideas
From the ideas I got, I chose two impactful ideas that could solve Emily's problems.
Matching System
Where one user and another user can connect
with specific selections through the language
they want to speak.
"Konecto" is Japenglish version of "Connect".
・First "O" indicates a speech bubble which refers to "language".
Motivation
Friendly
Passion
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Reliability
Trust
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Hope
Comfort
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From sketches to
Mid-fidelity wireframes
High-fidelity wireframes
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Age between 21 to 32 years old
Everyone can understand English well.
Conducted via in-person, Zoom, or Google meet
After conducting the usability test, I discovered that the tasks were generally straightforward and uncomplicated. However, the participants recommended using distinct colors and a more organized layout to improve the design's usability.
Changed the layout of the community card because some participants had hard time to define what the community is about.
Changed the selection menu user inter face because most participants had hard time to find"Converstion".
Conduct usability test again, and see the revision parts and new parts need to improve.
Build all user interfaces.
Find out if there are more issues, and keep revising and improving.
Meet engineers to discuss to build the web application.
