Find two fellow students who are taking a second year of a foreign language. Bring them into the local computer lab, have them sit down in front of one of the computers, and bring up one of your favorite U.S. Web sites. Ask one of them to critique the site for five minutes in the foreign language they’re studying. Suggest that the critique include positives, negatives and suggestions for improvement. Ask the other student to translate for you.

a. How many positive comments did they give?
b. How many negative comments did they offer?
c. How many suggestions for improvement did they give you?
d. What does this outcome suggest about conducting usability tests in a
language other than the user’s native tongue?
What will be an ideal response?


Typically comments tend to be limited to “I like that,” or “I don’t like that”. The suggestions for improvement will be limited because the student will not know enough of the language to make the suggestions.

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