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From: Inge Wallin <inge () lysator ! liu ! se>
Date: 2014-03-19 11:12:02
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Hi Avinash,
I'm going to do an overview anser here rather than a detailed one.
I think this project would be a worthwhile one. As you note there is a lack of
an application to help a learner to acquire a new script system while learning
a foreign language.
If you want to take part in GSoC, you need go to go google-melange.com and
register there as a student and submit a project proposal. The rules for the
application can be found there as well. It's nothing strange but you need to
flesh out a lot more details about your project.
But even if you do the perfect proposal there is still the matter of a mentor
for the project. I think I would actually take this project but I already
have 1.5 projects I'm mentoring and I simply cannot take on anymore. What you
could do is to take a chance and write your application and see if somebody
bites. But chances are that you will do a lot of work for nothing.
I'm the last person on earth to want to discourage anybody but the truth is
that unless you can find a mentor you will not be able to have the project in
GSoC no matter how interesting it is.
-Inge
On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 17:07:52 Avinash Zebisky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to work on a GSOC project which will help users to learn to write
> foreign language. There are already many projects in KDE which help user to
> learn a foreign language like KLetter, Parley, Artikulation. But there
> hasn't been one which helps user to learn to write new languages.
>
> Therefore, I think KHandWrite is a great and much needed add-on in
> KDE-Edu's existing language learning tool-kits. KHandWrite takes a
> different approach to learn to write letters of a new language than just
> practicing the symbols.
>
> Lets suppose you want to learn to write Thai Script -
> [image: Inline image 1]
> You select any alphabet. And you learn to draw by connecting the dots of
> the alphabets.
> [image: Inline image 2]
> And depending upon the time and accuracy to get the corresponding stars.
>
> [image: Inline image 3]
> This approach can be simply extended to any language.
> [image: Inline image 5]
> Moreover, this project can be extended to further improve its likability
> and play-ability.
>
> - *MINI GAMES :- *Mini games like spin the wheel, flash card, audio
> translation etc. can be used to make it more interactive and cover the
> basics of learning scripts. For example - User can be asked to draw the
> first alphabet of the given fruit and that too without any boundary
> guiding the user. This can be implemented by having a invisible boundary
> and few dots.
> - *Social Involvement:-* We can connect this game to social sites like
> facebook where a social group can challenge and simultaneously learn the
> scripts.
> - Anonymous Group Learning:- We can give this project a "Draw My Thing"
> curve where anonymous group will be competing again each other. In this
> group one person will be drawing the thai scripts and others will be
> recognizing his word in english or selecting an image from the given
> options. The one who guesses first wins the most point. There can many
> variants in this extension.
>
> Lastly, I personally find this is a great idea and would love to work on
> this. The best thing is abundance of various options/extensions which can
> help us to target any audience or age group. Kindly let me know if you are
> interested in this idea and hopefully mentor me for this project.
>
> Cheers :)
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-qt-user-state:0;">Hi Avinash,</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
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margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I'm going to do an overview anser here rather \
than a detailed one.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">I think this project would be a worthwhile one. As you note there \
is a lack of an application to help a learner to acquire a new script system while \
learning a foreign language.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">If you want to take part in GSoC, you need go to go \
google-melange.com and register there as a student and submit a project proposal. The \
rules for the application can be found there as well. It's nothing strange but you \
need to flesh out a lot more details about your project. </p> <p \
style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">But even if you do the \
perfect proposal there is still the matter of a mentor for the project. I think I \
would actually take this project but I already have 1.5 projects I'm mentoring and I \
simply cannot take on anymore. What you could do is to take a chance and write your \
application and see if somebody bites. But chances are that you will do a lot of work \
for nothing.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">I'm the last person on earth to want to discourage anybody but the \
truth is that unless you can find a mentor you will not be able to have the project \
in GSoC no matter how interesting it is.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"> -Inge</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; "> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">On Tuesday, March 18, 2014 17:07:52 Avinash \
Zebisky wrote:</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
Hi,</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> \
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> I want to work on a GSOC \
project which will help users to learn to write</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> foreign language. There are already many \
projects in KDE which help user to</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> learn a foreign language like KLetter, Parley, Artikulation. \
But there</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> hasn't \
been one which helps user to learn to write new languages.</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Therefore, I think \
KHandWrite is a great and much needed add-on in</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> KDE-Edu's existing language learning \
tool-kits. KHandWrite takes a</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> different approach to learn to write letters of a new \
language than just</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
practicing the symbols.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> Lets suppose you want to learn to write Thai Script -</p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> [image: Inline image \
1]</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> You \
select any alphabet. And you learn to draw by connecting the dots of</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> the alphabets.</p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> [image: Inline image \
2]</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> And \
depending upon the time and accuracy to get the corresponding stars.</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> [image: Inline image \
3]</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> This \
approach can be simply extended to any language.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> [image: Inline image 5]</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Moreover, this project \
can be extended to further improve its likability</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> and play-ability.</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> - *MINI GAMES :- \
*Mini games like spin the wheel, flash card, audio</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> translation etc. can be used to make it \
more interactive and cover the</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> basics of learning scripts. For example - User can be \
asked to draw the</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
first alphabet of the given fruit and that too without any boundary</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> guiding the user. This \
can be implemented by having a invisible boundary</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> and few dots.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> - *Social Involvement:-* We can connect \
this game to social sites like</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> facebook where a social group can challenge and \
simultaneously learn the</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> scripts.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> - Anonymous Group Learning:- We can give this project a \
"Draw My Thing"</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> curve where anonymous group will be competing again each \
other. In this</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
group one person will be drawing the thai scripts and others will be</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> recognizing his word \
in english or selecting an image from the given</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> options. The one who guesses first wins \
the most point. There can many</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> variants in this extension.</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Lastly, I personally find this is a great \
idea and would love to work on</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> this. The best thing is abundance of various \
options/extensions which can</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> help us to target any audience or age group. Kindly let me \
know if you are</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> \
interested in this idea and hopefully mentor me for this project.</p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" \
margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; \
-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Cheers \
:)</p></body></html>
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