Projects
Developing a webapp for communication for foreign mothers in the care sector. Ghent University
In cooperation with Child & Family Crossroads Migration Integration association to this project of the University of Ghent boost working with technological tools in the service for foreign mothers. Specifically, this project developed an app that allows the communication between service providers (nurses / doctors) Child & Family and foreign mothers with limited knowledge of Dutch easier. The focus is on metropolitan regions Antwerp, ...
Mark My Words! On the Automated Prediction of Lexical Difficulty for Foreign Language Readers KU Leuven
The goal of this doctoral research is to automatically predict difficult words in a text for non-native speakers. This prediction is crucial because good text comprehension is strongly determined by vocabulary. If a text contains too high a percentage of unknown words, the reader is likely to struggle to understand it. In order to provide good support to the non-native reader, we must first be able to predict the number of difficult words. ...
Exploratory study of the added value of icon translation technologies for communication by and with non-native speakers in the Vlaamse Rand. KU Leuven
In the Vlaamse Rand, Dutch is the official language and the common language. However, communication by and with non-native speakers (immigrants, refugees) who do not have sufficient command of Dutch is often difficult. In collaboration with non-profit organization De Rand, a government-subsidized organization that tries to promote the quality of life for the people of the Vlaamse Rand from a Dutch profiling, we will demonstrate that icon ...
Preliminary NT2 training for fast learning non-native non-working job seekers Ghent University
Disadvantaged residents of the City of Ghent who want to follow an intensive NT2 program at UGent are screened by In-Gent, commissioned by the City of Ghent, and forwarded to UCT. These are highly educated people who on the one hand want to prepare themselves for academic studies in Dutch and on the other hand want to increase their chances on the labor market through a better command of Dutch.
Powerful digital learning opportunities for everyone. Towards a guideline for blended education for low-literate and NT2 students in Flemish adult education. KU Leuven
Combined learning or blended learning offers potential benefits for adult learners. Blended education makes it possible to learn independent of time and place and to work on a more customized basis. For adult learners, who often have other obligations, and for whom a course needs to match their needs and requirements as closely as possible, blended education can lower the threshold to attend a course. However, these benefits can only be ...
Language games for Educational Purposes Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A multilingual app for healthcare communication innovation HOGENT
CLICK IT! A multilingual app for the innovation of communication in healthcare. Ghent University
The project focuses on sustainable economic valorisation of the multilingual app CLICK IT! and explores the potential for marketing by license in the Flemish care sector. CLICK IT! allows care providers to communicate clearly and fluently with non-native parents about healthcare topics related to children, eg. medication, potty training. It provides health information in different languages (including Arabic, English, Farsi, French, ...