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Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы by Deyin Zhang

Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы by Deyin Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Тимер бүләге in Белем, Уку Ярдәмлеге һәм Укыту Контенты Дизайны Competition Category.


ТимерБелем· 2024

Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы

by Deyin Zhang

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award Тимер бүләге Winner in Белем Category

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The Design

About Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы

Chinese Chain — кытай иероглифларын һәм кытай язуын өйрәнү өчен мобиль кушымта. Кушымта кытай телендә әле яхшы белемгә ия булмаган өйрәнүчеләр өчен эшләнгән. Сүзләр китабы кулланучыларга иероглифлар өстәргә һәм көндәлек өйрәнү планнары билгеләргә мөмкинлек бирә, ә сүз карточкалары өйрәнү дәрәҗәсен күрсәтү өчен өч төстә бирелә. Сүз карточкасы шулай ук язу күнегүләре өчен шаблон булып хезмәт итә ала, язу тәртибе һәм тулылыгы бәяләнә. Кулланучылар сүзләр китапларын һәм язылган эшләрне уртаклаша ала, дуслар төркемнәренә, ярышларга һәм рейтингларга кушыла ала.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Тимер бүләге

Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы – A' Design Award Тимер бүләге җиңүчесе, бу яхшы эшләнгән иҗат җимешләреннән көтелгән профессиональ һәм сәнәгать таләпләренә җавап бирә торган яхшы дизайннарга бирелә торган абруйлы танып белү. Тимер җиңүчеләре үз авторларының зур осталыгын, югары махсуслашуын, белгечләрчә аңлавын һәм иҗади сәләтен күрсәтә. Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы югары бәяләнгән, соклана торган һәм яратыла торган, практик һәм яңа иҗат җимеше булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Тимер бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн тармакның иң яхшы практикасын берләштерә һәм белем һәм талант белән бәйләнгән компетентлы техник үзлекләргә ия. Chinese Chain Тел Өйрәнү Кушымтасы җентеклелеге өчен хөрмәтләнә һәм дөньяны яхшырак урынга әйләндерергә булышучы тормыш сыйфатын яхшырту өчен эшләнгән.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Chinese Chain is one of the few language-learning APPs for Chinese character writing and Chinese learning in the world. Chinese Chain is extremely friendly to those who are not proficient in Chinese. Based on the characteristics of Chinese hieroglyphs, the Chinese Chain uses writing and word cards to make learning and using Chinese more interesting. This is not only a learning software but also undertakes the task of cultural exchange.
Dimensions & Packaging
This application takes iPhone 12 as the template and refers to the official interface design specification of IOS. It is adaptable to many different resolutions and kinds of screens.
Tags
Chinese writing, Learning platform, Chinese learning, APP, Chinese
Production Technology
We interviewed nearly 100 unskilled Chinese learners from around the world. After the interview, we drew several versions of paper sketches to determine the basic structure of the application. Then, the interface prototype and low-fidelity design are carried out on Figma software. After low-fidelity prototype testing and further iteration, we used Adobe XD, illustrator and Procreate software on the computer side to draw high-fidelity visual elements such as illustrations and icons, and made interactive models on Adobe XD.
Design Challenge
In our research, we have observed that unskilled Chinese learners have many common problems: they have great difficulties in writing Chinese, and it is difficult to integrate into the Chinese context. The unique polysemy and writing order of Chinese make Chinese learning full of challenges. The most difficult part of this project is to create a truly universal and efficient learning platform for Chinese writing and communication. Finally, aiming at the above problems, we designed word cards, word books, intelligent Chinese writing and other functions. After making more than 50 prototypes, we are sure that we have done great things.
Research
At present, Chinese is going international. Unlike English and other Western languages, Chinese originated from ancient hieroglyphs in the East. The way of Chinese learning is more complicated, especially in writing. After many user surveys and desktop surveys, we found that the existing learning software can not combine Chinese character writing with Chinese learning, which poses a great challenge to Chinese learning. Therefore, we designed the Chinese Chain, a platform for learning and communication, for Chinese learning and writing.
Inspiration
More than 180 countries around the world are promoting Chinese learning, and the utilization rate of Chinese has reached 16.2%. According to our extensive user interviews with unskilled Chinese learners, we found that Chinese from Eastern hieroglyphs is different from Latin languages from the West. The learning path of Chinese is more complex, and the difficulties especially lie in the writing of characters and the unique polysemy, which makes it difficult for unskilled Chinese learners to truly integrate into the Chinese context. Therefore, we design Chinese Chain, an APP for Chinese character writing and communication.
Project Duration
The project started in Hangzhou, China, in April 2022 and was completed in April 2023.
Operation Flow
Functions include Chinese word book: users can add characters to the word book and set daily learning plans. Wordbook presents word cards in three colors, indicating different learning proficiency. Users can share or view other people's word books.
Character writing: When writing, a word card can be a writing template. Chinese Chain evaluates the writing sequence and completeness. Users can frame their writing works online and share them.
In addition, it also has friend groups, competitions, and ranking functions. Chinese Chain encourages users to share or view others' word books and establish a Chinese communication platform.
Patents
The above material comes from our own team
Team Members
Creative Director: Deyin Zhang
Designer: Chengyi Shen
Designer: Wenyi Shao
Designer: Qijun Ye
Designer: Fangxu Zhong
Designer: Longyu Zhang
Designer: Herui Guo
Designer: Xiyuan Zhang
Design Researcher: Hao Li
Designer: Ping Shan
Programmer: Ze Bian
Tutor: Shijian Luo
Image Credits
Video Credits: followed by details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1_9JmvPW3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXAYJDfyFIE

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