Comment by NickC25
2 years ago
Neat app.
How do you measure linguistic progress?
>* The hard part intervenes when you try to replicate the progress tracking and tailoring of the curriculum.*
Perhaps you guys just aren't thinking about it in the right way ;) Progress tracking and measurement is significantly easier from a conceptual standpoint than you might think. I'm not just bullshitting here - I've actually done it myself so I'm speaking from experience.
Disclaimer: I've learned several languages over the course of my life; also co-founded a language learning company that used AI to help track and measure improvement. Oddly enough, someone from HN hit me up yesterday to ask about it. The company shut down in 2022 and I'm in a completely different industry now (non tech) so am fully able to talk about what we learned, where we made mistakes and where we innovated.
Also, how do you teach things like slang, jargon, body language, hand movements, etc.. that are essential to effective social or professional communication in a given culture? Memorizing words, grammar and conjugations, etc... is great but is only a small part of the language learning journey.
Absolutely agree on the slang stuff. Progress tracking is hard to do at scale in completely open-ended conversations since there are so many degrees of freedom within one conversation. If you have any tips and tricks, these would be much appreciated :)
>Progress tracking is hard to do at scale in completely open-ended conversations since there are so many degrees of freedom within one conversation.
You're overthinking it, my friend. The solution is much simpler than you realize. Email me.
Why not post the solution here in this thread? If you're going to write it out in an email anyways...