Plans

Since when I became a language teacher, I have wondered about ways to make language learning more efficient and less frustrating. My involvement with this thesis project was deep from the beginning, and I do not plan to change this after graduation. As an instructional designer and a passionate language teacher, I intend to continue developing LanguageBug.

Network

I am not by myself anymore, as I was at the beginning of my thesis course. Now, there is a team of at least three people (Amanda Leticia, Daniel Negri, and Ludmilla Aires, all thesis committee members) who are interested in keeping this project active.

Accomplishments

Similarly, I have now a considerable amount of structured research to justify my decisions and a working proof-of-concept prototype. This means that it is much easier now to advocate for this project than it was a year, or even six months ago.

Release

A working prototype of LanguageBug is already accessible to anyone on http://languagebug.org. But I would really like to make arrangements for a more structured release of a Beta version of the app to the general public.

Open-source

LanguageBug is licensed under the GNU Affero GPL License, therefore, anyone can also access, download, and even redistribute the source code of the app through github.com/guibueno/guibueno.github.io/.

A next step would be to approach different communities of interests (language enthusiasts, instructional designers, …) to look for other collaborators.

Academy

Finally, a one-year thesis project seemed to be more than enough time to develop the LanguageBug app, but it was not. I consider the possibility of applying for a Ph.D. program where I could further develop the research and the design of LanguageBug.

Not at this very moment, though. Maybe in a few years?