About Lyraquist
Lyraquist is an app that uses your Spotify Premium account to enhance your language learning capabilities. Anyone can be a Lyrical Linguist! Learning can be done passively. While listening to songs, you are not only learning the vocabulary but also the context, culture, and traditions that come with the song. With Lyraquist, you can curate your own individual experience! We don't gameify the experience, but enhance it. Don't learn how to ask, "is someone a horse"? Learn how to pronounce words and popular slang of a region via popular songs that will make you sound like a true native. Music allows you to improve your language learning in these ways:
Engagment and Motivation
Music is a great way for anyone to stay engaged within their material. By integrating language learning with music, our app will make the learning more engaging and motivate users to keep learning.
Cultural Exposure
Using music to learn languages also gives the user an inside look into the culture that brings the music to life. By analyzing lyrics, users gain exposure to cultural slang, expressions, nuances, and themes that allow users to view the language as native compared to as an outsider.
Contextual Learning
Songs are written for real-life situations, emotions, and stories. Other language apps teach you words with rote memorization but learning from music and lyrics allows users to apply those words in the real world.
Vocabulary and Pronunciation
The vocabulary you learn from hearing native speakers is different than just reading lists of words or reading a book. This will also aid in grammar, pronunciation, and expressions that let learners mimic native speakers.
Memory Enhancements
There are many research studies that show music aids in memory retention. Pairing language learning with popular tunes and rhythms will help our user with recalling what they learn.
Personalization
Users can personalize their language learning experience based on their unique music preferences. This helps retain information and motivation to continue learning and allow users to self-measure their progress.
The Creators
Siri Avula
Computer Science &
Mathematics
Ashley Bickham
Computer Science
Vivian D'Souza
Computer Science
Mahi Patel
Computer Science
Tanvi Singh
Computer Engineering