Crit Feedback

The crit was generally positive; most agreeing that a visual Web 2.0 language learning app was a good idea that would be useful.

It was clear that an audience needed to be pinned down though, so I decided to focus on international students. This seemed the most sensible option for a number of reasons. The first is that there are already tools for simple language learning, but not that many in existence for international students wanting to expand their already broad vocabulary. The second is that through Send & Receive, as well as on the course itself, I have access to a network of international students who I conduct research with.

It becomes clear that once the audience is identified, the project writes itself. A pub/bar, as shown above, is the sort of image I need if it is to be aimed at that age group. I'm sceptical to pin down the audience too much though because ideally, I would have a broad audience.

Working in the realms of what is realistically possible in the time available, and with the resources at my disposal, I will pin down the audience to produce a specific project. It is my intention though that the bigger picture will allow for something much larger in terms of a user-based database in which anything can be labelled like other Web 2.0 services.