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ELENE
APPLICATION
Elders Learning English for Europe
Czestochowa, 2023
Elders learning English for Europe
2021-1-PL01-KA220-ADU-000033465
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Project information
Project: Erasmus+
Project title: Elders Learning English for Europe
Acronym: ELENE
Project No.: 2021-1-PL01-KA220-ADU-000033465
Project coordinator: Instytut Badan i Innowacji w Edukacji, [INBIE], Poland
Project partners:
The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an
endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot
be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Authors:
Gabriela Ochoa-Dąderska – Instytut Badań i Innowacji w Edukacji – INBIE – Poland
Kacper Kotlewski – Instytut Badań i Innowacji w Edukacji – INBIE – Poland
Editorial preparation: Fundacja Instytut Badań i Innowacji w Edukacji
Cover graphic design: Renata Ochoa-Dąderska
Printing and binding:
Online © Fundacja Instytut Badań i Innowacji w Edukacji, Częstochowa, 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10439501
Free publication
Programme: Erasmus+ Key Action: Partnerships for cooperation and exchanges of
practices; Cooperation partnerships in adult education; Project Reference: 2021-1-PL01-
KA220-ADU-000033465
Topics: Teaching and learning of foreign languages; Active ageing; Development of
training courses
More publications: Publishing INBIE: http://publisher.inbie.pl
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3
Details and features ............................................................................................................... 3
Technologies used ................................................................................................................. 4
Application Overview ................................................................................................................. 5
Welcome screen..................................................................................................................... 5
The elements on the first screen ........................................................................................ 5
Different states of a welcome screen ................................................................................. 6
The Privacy Policy screen ...................................................................................................... 7
The main menu screen .......................................................................................................... 8
Description of the elements ................................................................................................ 8
The Quick Translate ........................................................................................................... 9
Lessons ................................................................................................................................ 10
The lesson menu .............................................................................................................. 10
The lesson screen ............................................................................................................ 11
The Vocabulary Screen........................................................................................................ 13
The video .............................................................................................................................. 14
Quiz screen .......................................................................................................................... 15
As with the previous screens, the quiz screen consists of two screens: ............................ 15
The quiz menu .................................................................................................................. 15
The quiz screen ................................................................................................................ 15
The conversation screen ...................................................................................................... 17
The PDF screen ................................................................................................................... 19
Introduction
Details and features
An application for learning English was created as part of the "Elders Learning English for
Europe ERASMUS+" project (No. 1, 2021-1-PL01-KA220-ADU-000033465). Elene stands out
as a unique tool for people who have started learning English and want to improve their skills
by experiencing practical applications in travel scenarios.
The application uses the Situated learning method, which means that the user has the
opportunity to learn English through real-life situations (while travelling) and adapt it to the
appropriate situation through the catalogue of 30 lesson topics and more.
At the beginning of each chapter, there is a theoretical part where we discuss the most
important topics. Varied in topics such as ship, train, plane and airport, the lessons are
carefully designed to meet your needs. Then we will go to the vocabulary part, where we
present the most important words and expressions, in which you can listen to an audio file. If
you still have problems understanding the vocabulary or situations in the "Video" tab, play the
videos for the appropriate topic to listen to or learn more about.
Dialogues are an important element of our application. Engage in purposeful dialogue during
lessons and quizzes, covering specialized topic sections for each chapter. Quiz is a dynamic
assessment tool that provides instant results, allowing users to assess their understanding of
the text. The results and progress ranking are confidentially displayed only to the user. Get
your score after each quiz to know how well you passed the given criteria.
All this makes learning English with our program much easier and more effective.
Additional educational materials in PDF format enhance understanding of various topics.
All methods are available and useful to master, and the time of help and assistance brings
measurable results. Our application is not only a tool for learning English, but also a way for
personal development.
The application uses the "Situated learning" method.
The application is personalized to make it easier for the user to use, e.g.:
● Lesson topics and menus are translated by the selected language using a button.
● the quiz has a personal ranking for your analysis of your progress.
● various topics developed with multimedia materials
● Learn by listening, watching, reading and using more of your senses to better remember
what you learn
Technologies used
Text to Speech - In the case of flashcards, it allows you to read the words and listen. What is
particularly helpful in learning English is that the user can know how to pronounce newly
learned words.
webView - allows you to display pages, in our case, it is used to display movies with dialogues.
Ranking - personal ranking of progress in quizzes. Self-examination of your language skills.
Translation - translation with a button. The translation includes the translation of the main
menu and topic titles
AI videos - videos created using AI technology to help improve your conversation skills.
Application Overview
Welcome screen
The elements on the first
screen
On the main screen (welcome
page), the text "Welcome to
Elene" introduces you to the
application, and you will find the
ELENE project logo there. At the
bottom, you will find the logos of
all project partners.
There is a translate button in the
upper right corner. It is used to
select the user's native language
to translate English words such as
privacy policy, main menu and
topics.
In the middle of the screen, there
is a "Start" button, which allows
you to enter the main menu of the
application, below it the "Privacy
Policy" button provides
information about the application,
user data and the law to inform the
user about what to expect from
the privacy of the application.
Below all the buttons there is a
check box that blocks the user on
the welcome screen until it is
selected, without accepting the
privacy policy user is not allowed
to move further.
Different states of a welcome screen
Selecting the native language by user
Tutorial on using the application
The Privacy Policy screen
This screen introduced the user to such information as:
● ID of the project (on top)
● Information about co-funder the European Union (bottom)
● And on the middle there is the privacy policy in the selected language
Privacy policy in English
Privacy policy in selected native language
The main menu screen
Description of the elements
On the main menu, we can find the
upper part welcoming personalized
messages, below that there is the Co-
founder and logo.
On the right side on the bottom, we can
find a button with a translation symbol, it
is used to utilize something that we call
Quick Translate.
In the middle, we can find 6 tiles with
different content inside to discover. The
tiles are:
● Lesson - pre-prepared lessons
based on the PDF card content
from the ELENE project
● Vocabulary - words, and images
according to the word as well as
reading to get familiarized with the
word pronunciation.
● Video - the short movies with
English words and sentences, very
nicely animated and user-friendly.
● Quiz - the section with little tests to
check your current knowledge
from selected topics
● Conversation - You can find here,
conversations examples so you
can learn typical user interactions
in different situations
● PDF - PDF materials created as
part of the ELENE project
The Quick Translate
After holding the quick
translate button the English
names are changed to the
selected language as
native. Quick Translate is
used to translate the words
that you can find on the
screen to the user's native language. The translation is not permanent and it is working
until the user lifts his finger from the screen, this is to force the user to sink into English
and use translation only as a little help if the user will lose themself.
Buttons are also located in categories. Just like in the menu, there is a button for it.
Before translation - in English
After translation - in Polish
If you need to change your native language, no problem, you can change it in the main menu.
Lessons
The lesson section is split into two screens:
● The lesson menu - it allows a user to choose the lesson that he wants to learn
● The lesson screen - this screen contains a particular lesson for a selected topic
The lesson menu
On this screen, the user needs to select the lesson that he wants to learn.
Lesson menu (similar in most
categories)
The lesson menu is translated with a
button (similar in most categories)
6 languages for selection
The lesson screen
This section is focused on giving the user as much information about the topic as we
can with a bit of entertainment to not get bored by the wall of text by adding images
between texts. Modernistic design grants a feel of luxury, aesthetics, and clearness
that modern users require as well as adults and elders who don't like to be
overwhelmed by complicated designs of apps.
The vocabulary screen
The vocabulary is designed in the form of flashcards for each word, the flashcards
have 2 pages, a word page and a picture page. In the middle of the screen, we see a
page of flashcards with words or graphics.
We rotate the words like normal flashcards accordingly:
• Press the index card to rotate it
• Swipe right to select the next one
• Swipe left to go back
The Read button reads the words to familiarize yourself with the pronunciation of each
word.
The vocabulary bank contains over 500 expressions and words.
The word side of flashcards in vocabulary
The graphic side of flashcards in vocabulary
The video
In this screen, we can find the cards with the names of different lessons and images
to each, after clicking each tile the app opens the YouTube video that is proper for
each topic. The video is very well and modernly designed, well animated, and brings
a bunch of knowledge. Some videos are created using artificial intelligence.
Video menu (similar in most categories)
The video on YouTube on Elene's
channel
Quiz screen
As with the previous screens, the quiz screen consists of two screens:
• Quiz menu - allows the user to select the lesson they want to take the test on
• Quiz screen - This screen contains a specific quiz on the selected topic
The quiz menu
On this screen, the user needs to select the quiz that he
wants to test from.
The completed quizzes are saved.
The quiz screen
The quiz contains 5 questions drawn from a question
bank. Each quiz has no time limit, so the user can test
their knowledge without stress. The quiz does not allow
you to skip questions by clicking a button until the user
selects an answer, it is also possible to go to previous
questions. Once you're done, you can see how many
answers you got right, as well as the questions you
answered incorrectly. The ranking allows you to monitor
your knowledge.
Selected answer on the quiz
Popup on the bottom while trying to skip
the answer
Ranking unanswered
Your top answer.
The conversation screen
The conversation screen has been
designed to be consistent with previous
ones for user convenience. Each
Conversation contains a collection of
words and pre-prepared conversations
that are easy to understand and can be
used in everyday situations. They are
situationally created. Each conversation
has a text (dialogue) and a movie created
using artificial intelligence in which you
can play the role of a person who, for
example, needs help at a train station to
buy a train ticket from a machine that only
accepts credit cards.
Opened conversation
Conversation video
Conversation text
The PDF screen
PDF Menu
Translated pdf menu
The PDF screen allows you
to select one of the lessons,
after selecting lesson the
PDF will be downloaded
and you can do with it
anything that you need,
there are many exercises to
be followed and to be filled
out, it is very helpful in a
deeper understanding of
the topic as well as can be
printed and used for
educating anyone without
the need to install an app for
each phone in classes.