10-week Internship on Mobile Development for Social Impact
Provided by the Frugal Innovation Hub's Global Digital Transformation Clinic
Theme: Apps to help ESL learners
Advisor: Prof. Silvia Figueira
TAs: Supraja Sampathkumar and Sravani Polkampalli
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Team: Ameen Haq, Rida Hummdan, Obaid Nasri
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Mobile ESL application to aid children with language acquisition through interactive stories and various features to make their learning journey engaging and fun. |
Team: Nicole Phan, Hla Thiri Naing, Annie Huynh
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ESLearn is a transformative language learning app tailored for those who aspire to swiftly engage in English conversations across various daily scenarios. With support for nine languages and a robust text-to-speech feature, ESLearn supports users to master common phrases, fostering confidence in spoken English. Positive feedback from testers about the app's concise yet impactful approach shows that ESLearn makes learning a new language to be gratifying and is ultimately capable of breaking down linguistic barriers and opening doors to meaningful interactions. |
Team: Tahir Mahmood, Ahmad Zayan, Ezaz Mohammed
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An application for immigrant young adults that helps them learn English in different ways and introduces a more non-academic side of English to help them connect with their peers on a casual level by teaching Slang and also helping with common grammar mistakes made by English learners. |
Team: Set Paing, Jongwon Lee, Jasdeep Matharu
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Easy Tracker is a mobile application dedicated to assisting immigrants in tracking and organizing their finances. It can save and track income and expenses with a simple and intuitive interface to provide the user with a quick overview of their monthly net income. |
Team: Skylesha Marcel, Harshini Jayaprakash, Aaminah Mohammad
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LegalEase is a mobile app dedicated to assisting Spanish-speaking ESL learners complete the Social Security form through a guide. LegalEase will provide simplified instructions to complete the Social Security form in both English and Spanish. |
Team: Yaseen Zuberi, Fong Yu Lin
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To address the challenge of individuals encountering difficulties with English while placing orders at stores or restaurants, we have created a helpful app. The rationale behind utilizing our Order Simulator is twofold for ESL learners: Firstly, it enables users to pre-compose their orders, mitigating the risk of forgetting when conversing with the cashier. Secondly, it generates ready-to-use sentences that guide users in their interactions with the cashier. Furthermore, the Order Simulator translates these sentences into the user's native language, enhancing comprehension and facilitating language learning. |
Team: Abtin Olaee, Jia Jun Yu
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ESL learning app for non-native speakers. Through daily quizzes and levels, users will engage in a curated educational curriculum that provides statistical feedback and review options to aid in their learning process |