{"id":11547,"date":"2024-08-04T21:46:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T04:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=11547"},"modified":"2024-08-04T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T04:46:08","slug":"a3-voxfranco-a-comprehensive-mobile-language-learning-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2024\/08\/04\/a3-voxfranco-a-comprehensive-mobile-language-learning-app\/","title":{"rendered":"A3: VoxFranco, a Comprehensive Mobile Language Learning App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/08\/Capture-2024-08-05-12_36_50.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/08\/Capture-2024-08-05-12_36_50.png 251w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2024\/08\/Capture-2024-08-05-12_36_50-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As an Early French Immersion teacher, I am interested in investigating the shortcomings of language learning and figuring out how to improve the experience of French Language learning. Canadian French Language learning and instruction is at a crossroads, as multiple factors affect the current and future success of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There is a shortage of French Teachers, especially in remote\/underserved areas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The population of Canadians learning French is more diverse than ever, and our system was originally designed to teach French to anglophones within the traditional education system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mobile and digital resources are more diverse and available than ever, but they are scattered, inconsistent and seldom align with curriculum or structured language learning models.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">My presentation (found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGM8PoMJFo\/zQDas_i-6fm0aF1kWFnywQ\/view?utm_content=DAGM8PoMJFo&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=editor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAGM8PoMJFo\/zQDas_i-6fm0aF1kWFnywQ\/view?utm_content=DAGM8PoMJFo&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_source=editor\">HERE<\/a>) imagines an App called VoxFranco. This would be a platform for truly mobile language learning, specific (for now) to Canadians learning French as a second\/additional language. It would incorporate collaborative platforms, AI Chatbots and learning tools, conventional direct lessons and workshops, professional learning, videos, user generated content\/media and other language learning tools. It would all be customizable by the individual learner or educator, with the goal of creating a truly individualized, responsive learning platform where the learner is not tied to a particular teacher, location, school, or approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I welcome your feedback, and look forward to exploring your A3 projects in more detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an Early French Immersion teacher, I am interested in investigating the shortcomings of language learning and figuring out how to improve the experience of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2024\/08\/04\/a3-voxfranco-a-comprehensive-mobile-language-learning-app\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A3: VoxFranco, a Comprehensive Mobile Language Learning App<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":101705,"featured_media":11553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a3-mobile-forum","category-mobileeducation","category-mobiletechnologies","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11560,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11547\/revisions\/11560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}