Stephen Ow's profile

Dutch Jargon Game for refugees

Stephen Ow
•
JargoNL
JargoNL is a fun, hands-on Dutch jargon game for single or multiplayer of all ages that can be played over and over again. 
There are 4 levels of difficulties to it and you can track your learning progress. It is meant for status-holder refugees in the Netherlands who struggle with the repetitiveness of learning jargons when needing it to find a job.

Designing for Social Inclusion of Refugees in the Netherlands - Eindhoven with the aid of industry experts at IamNL
Groupmates with Floor, Lou and Maartje, 2018

Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
The Context

Status holders in the Netherlands have difficulty with finding a job due to the language barrier and an educational gap. However, Dutch jargon is a crucial element for status holders in finding a matching job. 

So we asked the question “What is the best way for status holders to learn Jargon?”.

Having spoke to many refugees at IamNL, the main insights that we gathered were that refugees preferred a non-digital prototype and they wanted a more interactive, playful and a low threshold method in learning jargon.
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
The concept is based upon a student project app called "ZakenPraat" as seen below. ZakenPraat is an app made for refugees at IamNL to learn jargons by themselves. We wanted to further improve this concept by improving the uptake, continuous engagement and deep learning of jargons that might possibly be done in a fun manner.
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
On top of the concept, we proposed a re-design of the app's UI 
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Concept

JargoNL!  is meant to be played solo or to challenge your opponent!
Simply launch the app and it will have 4 stages of difficulty in giving your words for you to form.
Combine the appropriate tiles together to form the answer and the fastest person to do so gets one point.
Collect most points to win!
Demo-day
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Refugees language innovation game design inclusive design interactive design Netherlands product design social design Student design
Dutch Jargon Game for refugees
Published:
Stephen Ow's profile

Owner

Stephen Ow's profile
Singapore

Dutch Jargon Game for refugees

JargonNL | Designing for Social Inclusion of Refugees in the Netherlands - Eindhoven with the aid of industry experts at IamNL

Published:

Tools

Creative Fields

Attribution, Non-commercial, No DerivativesAttribution, Non-commercial, No DerivativesAttribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives