Type of the story:
The story that I will be using through out the course is intended to teach certain words and sentences spoken in my mother tongue “Gujarati”. Using the stories in various media, the audiences will be able to understand, interpret and pronounce Gujarati.
Genre for writing:
First Person
Why am I choosing this story?
In my dissertation, I will be designing and developing User-Interface to deliver structured information to learn any language in collaborative environment. Story aiming to teach certain Gujarati words or phrases will help me how to deliver language material through various media.
Purpose:
The purpose of the story is to deliver creative and engaging real life scenario to help an audience to get familiar and learn Gujarati.
Intended audiences:
Intended Audiences are those who are interested in learning Gujarati. These audiences must have an ability to read and write English.
Method of focalization:
First and third person narrative
How will your story be temporally arranged?
Temporal arrangements will be based on pacing Gujarati text/phrases at various plots of the story. Gujarati text for English noun, verb, adjective, etc will be interwoven within the story.
How will this story be shaped by media through each subsequent pass?
Ø Pass 1: Text
Ø Pass 2: Text and Image
Ø Pass 3: Text, Image, and Audio/Video
Ø Pass 4: Text, Image, Audio/Video and Interactivity
What types of stories will you be producing for passes 2 through 4?
Same story will be used for passes 2 through 4.
What do you anticipate the challenges will be in this project?
Ø Creating the short, precise, engaging story while learning Gujarati
Ø Interweaving English and Gujarati
Ø Delivery of Gujarati pronunciation in all media
This looks like a useful and interesting approach, Alpesh. Remember that you will need to plan the media that will be used in phases 2-4 carefully. Your project is approved!