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Project for Language Learning through Software
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This software produced with funding from the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs Language Research and Resource Centre. Follow links to see the Software Demo andDownload Installer for Window. You can download the Promotional movie made for Bilbi which is included in the CD but not the installer.
A help file is included here
The Project
Programs have been used for many years to collect data on languages. The first software developed by Indigenous Australians for their own language reclamation was developed for the Arwarbukarl Language in Newcastle and is designed around a database built in Microsoft Access. A pamphlet describing this system is here. Using a similar database structure, the NSW Department of Aboriginal Affairs Language and Resource Research Centre has collected information on languages spoken in Sydney from other regions.
BILBI has developed software which uses these database to develop language learnign resources. The present software enables the databases to be searched to support lesson design and development within the software, in the form of worksheets. The present project is to extend the functionality to structure lessons for learners of this language.
Scope
The program at present displays the data in the database, as words, translations, sound of the word spoken by an indigenous speakers, and an example sentence using the word (also spoken), plus an image to describe the word if possible.
This functinality is being used to contruct language learning lessons for students of Indigenous Languages in schools.
We want to extend this capability to include language parsing. Then students can enter sentences constructed from the words they have learnt and have the program suggest translations.
Also basic gramatical structures and common elisions (eg cannot -> can't) can be noted as feedback to the student.
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This games system has been produced with the generous support of the Maintenance of Indigenous Languages Program
The software has been prepared for windows XP systems, but can be prepared for any other system requested. Contact the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To install, download the Language_Game.zip file to your computer, and unzip the file to your desktop. To run the game in the existing language, Wiradjuri, with the given vocabulary, click on the flag icon called Language_Game. To change the language data to a different language, click on Edit_Data and edit the language table.
Instructions on using the software in class, is described in the Usage.txt file. The main use is suggested on a smartboard. If used by individual students, many will soon go off and play other games.
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