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What Can We Improve
App – Feedback Form survey for app testers and the LanGuides lo sur-
vey prepared by Pavletić, Šumenjak, and Volk for Slovenian testers).
The Slovenian language was tested by 39 users altogether. 28 users
were not able to download the app, out of which 64 were not able
to install it as they use the i o s operating system, while the rest were
not able to install or run the app.
2. The exercises were displayed randomly by the app even though some
of them were planned to appear one after another, because they were
related to previous exercises and formed a comprehensive unit.
3. Exercises could include a short explanation about the aims of each ex-
ercise and what grammar rules needed to be mastered for completing
the task. Grammar tables should also be available to users as a short-
cut visible in each grammar exercise. Such tables can be helpful for
users.
4. The instructions for individual exercises should be displayed at all
times, as it is distracting to search for them continuously.
5. At the beginning of the project, it was not clear what type of exer-
cises would be supported by the software, thus, by the app was final-
ized, we had already prepared numerous exercises that were later not
included, because of technical limitations of the app. Consequently,
we decided to predominantly design exercises of three types: type-in,
multiple-choice and matching exercises. For this reason, reading and
listening comprehension exercises, as well as those for independent
text production are still missing. Such types of exercises require the
app to enable suitable mechanisms for multiple answer selection and
can check the answers.
6. For the same reason, the majority of exercises focus on grammar, as it
was not clear whether the app would support using images, videos,
and sound tapes. The lack of multimedia usage possibilities is defi-
nitely a content-related shortcoming of the app.
7. The exercises should also be accessible from the desktop computers as
smartphones often offer poor visibility, thus some users prefer using
computers to smartphones. We suggest establishing both mobile and
desktop versions of the app in the future.
8. All the instructions for the exercises are in Slovenian, due to the orig-
inal agreements among project partners, which proved to be hardly
appropriate, especially for non-Slovenian speakers. According to sur-
veys, this resulted in users not being able to do the exercises and
therefore the English translations will be added in the future.
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App – Feedback Form survey for app testers and the LanGuides lo sur-
vey prepared by Pavletić, Šumenjak, and Volk for Slovenian testers).
The Slovenian language was tested by 39 users altogether. 28 users
were not able to download the app, out of which 64 were not able
to install it as they use the i o s operating system, while the rest were
not able to install or run the app.
2. The exercises were displayed randomly by the app even though some
of them were planned to appear one after another, because they were
related to previous exercises and formed a comprehensive unit.
3. Exercises could include a short explanation about the aims of each ex-
ercise and what grammar rules needed to be mastered for completing
the task. Grammar tables should also be available to users as a short-
cut visible in each grammar exercise. Such tables can be helpful for
users.
4. The instructions for individual exercises should be displayed at all
times, as it is distracting to search for them continuously.
5. At the beginning of the project, it was not clear what type of exer-
cises would be supported by the software, thus, by the app was final-
ized, we had already prepared numerous exercises that were later not
included, because of technical limitations of the app. Consequently,
we decided to predominantly design exercises of three types: type-in,
multiple-choice and matching exercises. For this reason, reading and
listening comprehension exercises, as well as those for independent
text production are still missing. Such types of exercises require the
app to enable suitable mechanisms for multiple answer selection and
can check the answers.
6. For the same reason, the majority of exercises focus on grammar, as it
was not clear whether the app would support using images, videos,
and sound tapes. The lack of multimedia usage possibilities is defi-
nitely a content-related shortcoming of the app.
7. The exercises should also be accessible from the desktop computers as
smartphones often offer poor visibility, thus some users prefer using
computers to smartphones. We suggest establishing both mobile and
desktop versions of the app in the future.
8. All the instructions for the exercises are in Slovenian, due to the orig-
inal agreements among project partners, which proved to be hardly
appropriate, especially for non-Slovenian speakers. According to sur-
veys, this resulted in users not being able to do the exercises and
therefore the English translations will be added in the future.
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