Nowadays, I’ve seen so many people learning Japanese. I think trying to learn new language is amazing thing! The top reason of learning Japanese is their hobby like anime/manga, curious in Japanese culture and sometimes for work.

Learning Japanese is not like learning English. People who learning English is mostly for work or study. So learning Japanese is like additional language skill mostly for hobby.

Using app to learn language is very efficiency way so I designed language app for people who is learning Japanese.

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand for certain meaning.

Online survey (Google Form)

Online interview (Zoom Meeting)

User persona

Card sorting

User task flow

Japanese language education overseas plays an important role in deepening the understanding of Japan overseas, cultivating individuals engaged in exchange with Japan and creating bases for friendship with other countries. Presently, more than 3.66 million people in 137 countries and regions study Japanese (figures gathered by the Japan Foundation for 2015). More students learn Japanese, because of an interest in Japanese pop-culture, such as anime and manga, or due to a desire to understand a different culture.

https://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/culture/exchange/j_language/index.html#:~:text=Presently%2C more than 3.66 million people in 137,for a study abroad or to find employment.

Source: Ministry of foreign affairs of Japan “Cultural exchange ”