Friday, 20 November 2015

Images

So for the images for my websites, I was thinking of having a few stock photos of Spain such as;

 So a picture of the Spanish flag with the assorted flags to represent the country
 So I also decided to include some pics of beaches to make the page look more appealing
 And also I am thinking of adding some famous tourists spots just to relate to the viewers
 And then also add some pictures of some of the famous and recognisable foods and drinks that Spain offers.




Then for the other pages, I thought I would incorporate some more interesting pictures relating to learning such as these below;





Proposal

This is my Prezi proposal I did for my Spanish Learning Website, it shows my reasons for making one, and the different ideas I had to create it.


Thursday, 19 November 2015

Inspiration

Below are some websites which I have looked at for Inspiration for a language learning website;

STUDYSPANISH - This is quite a good website visually as it keeps to the 'natural' colours of Spain, coming from the Spanish flag such as Yellow, Orange and Red. It also shows 3 pages; Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced which I am thinking of incorporating into my websites. However the complications of that is the over-simplifying of one's comprehension of the language. If I looked at this page, I would be a bit confused as to what level I would be. So maybe putting in a Test Your Spanish on to the website so one can assess which level they should pick if they have previously learned the language.

Babbel- Babbel is also a good site as it is very clear and concise and succinct. There are only 2 main colours; White and Orange. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. All these things are related to Spain in my opinion. The one bad thing about this website is the fact that there are too many choices and pages to pick. Orange increases oxygen supply to the brain and therefore produces an invigorating effect, and stimulates mental activity. It is highly accepted among young people. So putting orange as a strong colour on my site might appeal to my targeted audience as this is also a fun learning place.

BBC Spanish- I think out of all the other Spanish sites, this seems to be my favourite.



As you can see in the above picture, it has 3 clear columns with very useful stuff on each which would be very handy for my website however the downside to this is that this page has now been archived and it now no longer updated which is a bad thing as it probably has dated vocab, pictures. 'Current news' isn't very current. Aside from that, this is very good page.

Enrichment Week

During Enrichment Week, I took the time to spend a bit more time watching more Youtube tutorials about building and creating my website to the best quality.

Again I looked at examples of Spanish learning websites to draw inspiration  for my own website.

There were a few difficulties regarding the fact that I had to refresh my memory while watching these tutorials again and during a hiatus, coming back to creating my website was a lot harder than I thought it would be as I could not remember particular words and controls to do the website, so I had to spend a few more hours reminding myself how to do certain commands.




Above is a picture of some tutorials regarding the websites and how to add sound to my pages.