Briefing:
Thank you for participating in our user interface test. Your participation will allow us to find problems with our interface and will help us to build a more user-friendly interface.
In the following mock scenario, you will be a diligent and studious 11th grade student studying a variant of pidgin English language called Singlish. Your Singlish I class uses the textbook “Singlish for Dummies”, and your class has studied up to and is currently studying chapter 7 of this book. Being the hard-worker that you are, you have discovered “Reading Practice”, a web application that helps members to practice reading in their language of study by providing a database of sentences in that language to read. The paper prototype you are about to be shown is a possible design for the web application’s user interface. You will be using it to practice Singlish.
In order to help us understand the user’s experience, we ask that you think aloud and ask about any uncertainties that you may have. Remember, this test is entirely voluntary, and you may stop at anytime.
Scenario Tasks
1. Find sentences that use only Singlish vocabulary from all chapters up to chapter 7 of the “Singlish for Dummies” textbook, aiming for a review of all vocabulary.
2. Read the 1st displayed sentence and find out its meaning.
3. Find out the definition of “gamen”.
4. Read more sentences that use the Singlish word “gamen”.
5. You believe you’ve mastered the word “gamen”, so return back to reviewing sentences containing all vocabulary (not just sentences containing “gamen”).
6. Find a sentence that uses the word "goondu", and read it.
7. You are offended by the word “goondu” and don’t want it to ever appear in a sentence again.
8. Contribute the Singlish sentence “He is atas”, which means “He is arrogant” in English.