So for all of this year and particularly the last few months I have been hoping for a research idea of mine to get funded for the summer and it finally went through! This summer I will be mixing my two disciplines in the creation of an online language retention module. In short, it will be an online website that exists to help language students remember stuff in between courses by playing games and having custom progress trackers. This means I will have to both create a website with games (CS part) and these games all have to contribute to language learning and retention (French part). Obviously, I will be designing the games with French language learning in mind, but the site as a whole will be created with the idea of adaptability for other languages in mind.

I will be posting more frequently now, as I will commence research before the summer actually begins. I will post with reflections on the research materials I will be reading, as well as occasional progress updates on the site work itself.

This is a huge project for one person, but I am determined and also thrilled!