David Bar-El

Learner Experience Design Intern at Babbel.
Learning Sciences PhD Candidate at Northwestern University.

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https://t.co/9DLPQPWPgP
My portfolio is up.

This is my first website, so feel free to provide feedback.

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@MPPVM @AarhusUni @sejer @IDC_ACM Congrats! Maarten, you always bring the positive vibes to IDC.

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I would like to thank Babbel for this wonderful opportunity. A special thanks to Miriam Plieninger for making this internship possible and to Jennifer Dorman who guided me and empowered me throughout this experience.

#design #babbel #languagelearning #edtech #uxr #lxd #learning

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I was so fortunate to spend this summer as a learner experience design intern at Babbel.

I will continue to reflect on the lessons I learned and share these on Twitter. For now, I would like to briefly summarize what I got to do at Babbel:

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This process culminated in my qualitative analysis of the Babbel Live offering - interactive video-based language classes led by expert language teachers - that I delivered to the design and curriculum team which will be used to help define future iterations of the product.

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@YeahThatCindy @irvspanish @cheapshot I really enjoyed this song. My first attempt at translating the lyrics was very weak. However, once I walked through a verse with Google Translate, I began to learn things like the ending "ita" which like "chen" in German renders nouns smaller (and I assume cuter).

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Looking for recommendations for online media to support my Spanish learning journey (A1/A2 level content please).

I'm thinking about songs with rich lyrics (e.g. singer songwriters), video games, Netflix shows/movies, and podcasts.

@YeahThatCindy @irvspanish @cheapshot

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@YeahThatCindy @irvspanish @cheapshot What a voice! Thanks for the suggestion.

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@laylah @YeahThatCindy @irvspanish @cheapshot Good idea! Any suggestions for print media though? At my level, I would probably gain a lot by reading the news in Spanish. For written content, I often create Google docs and use a table to highlight what I understand and translate what I don't.

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@YeahThatCindy @irvspanish @cheapshot I'm a sucker for singer-songwriter / folk music. Any recommendations in that genre including modern musicians? I love Argentina's Mercedes Sosa, but would like to broaden my playlist.

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@cheapshot @YeahThatCindy @irvspanish Oh, I like the Twitter idea a lot. That way it's guaranteed to be bite sized. Thx!

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@YeahThatCindy 100%

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@susietinker5 @PlayCraftLearn @allicat210 This is so cool!

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@joshraclaw This tweet is perfect haha. My appreciation of Yiddish grew tenfold once I learned German, and I'm so happy to see that Yiddish is offered in Duolingo with Hebrew letters.

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@yhod Mazal tov!!

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@AnderBeristain @YeahThatCindy @duolingo Agreed.

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@ResearcherKrit What a great chapter describing @ConnectedCamps, the important role of social structure, norms, and near-peer mentoring in a Minecraft mediated environment.

Moreover, a neat articulation of the differences between a fully virtual camp versus a hybrid model.

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Look what arrived in the mail today (-:
@katieatplay @ResearcherKrit @drgamermom @BarryFishman @davidfreeplay