Topic #1: The languages of Central Asia
Explaining the different languages spoken in Central Asia, including where they are spoken, population of native speakers, scripts used for writing them, etc.
Topic #2 Introduction to Dari
An in depth look at one less commonly taught Central Asian language: Dari. Go into detail about not only the history of the language (like proposed above, but for many languages), but also linguistic explanation, grammatical forms, and some survival phrases.
Hello, by looking at your first example of infographic, I have one thought in mind. Who can be audience for this infographic? Probably Americans? English speaking people? And it seems that major information it wants to convey is the name of the languages. As one of the audience, if it has an English pronunciation symbols along with the names of the languages, it would make the transfer of information easier to the audience.
ReplyDeleteAmber, I initially thought this one might be difficult. You'll need to really think about your audience and what information you want to convey. I found some examples for you:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.transparent.com/language-resources/social-speaking-of-languages.html
http://pinterest.com/mignd/infographics-languages/
Let me know if you want any feedback on what and how you're organizing this information.
The audience would be American speakers interested in languages, and specifically less commonly taught languages. Since I work for a center than develops language learning materials for these languages, I know that there is a need. We often attend conferences and meet language enthusiasts that say "Central Asia, where is that?" Or see that we deal with Afghanistan and say "Oh, the middle east." Many have never even heard of Dari or Pashto, which is the language the Taliban speak. Many assume they speak Arabic. This would be a useful marketing tool for centers like mine that need to convey a lot of information about a particular region quickly in a concise amount of space. Currently we have informational brochures, but we have to get people INTERESTED enough in our region and all the languages we offer before they are going to pick up and actually read through a text-dense pamphlet on them.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea. Based on your description, I think the most important point for your inforgraphic is to connect what the audience already know and what you want to deliver to them.
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