Overview

Designed by Diedra Jones

The ESL Assistant is a conversational chatbot for ESL students (English to Speakers of other Languages). A common obstacle for language learners is feeling nervous or "blocked". That is why I implemented a small talk warm-up found at the beginning of this experience. This is designed to help learners relax and stop focusing on their nerves.

To help strike up a conversation, the template uses weather data through an API call. The career-specific conversational flow has been designed to be expanded with task-based flows, APIs, and branching conversational paths.

This template will teach you: 

• How to employ longer than usual delays between text steps to accommodate non-native readers of English
• How to use APIs and a GET request to retrieve information using user data
• The use of re-prompts and error handling
• How to create a command that can be accessed anywhere in your project