exploring domains:precedents and research

I want to create a language learning program that explains the language as visual elements:
I am interested in the relationship between words and images, and the gap between words and images. Both words and images are the vehicles for communication. However, people perceive images before words because our eyes sense things first and then our brain processes what’s been sensed. When people look at sequence of images without any words( explanation), and asked what kinds of stories they came up with, we will find many people telling similar stories out of the images. I thought language is one of things that connects the gap between words and images. We communicate through the languages we use. And I thought the language can be both words and images. Korean alphabets are consist of lines and dots, they look like geometric shapes. So I thought Korean alphabet is a good example to show the words as images.
{precedents}

keys of dreams (La clef des songes) by Rene Magritte
i thought this is an example showing gap between language(words) and visual representation. and images come before the words.


origin of Chinese character
chinese letters are pictogram, so in this case words = images.


IBM logo by Paul Rand
this is a playful way of explaining the relationship between words and images.

flipbook animation: images without sound
from sequence of images we can tell what is happening ( basic story, but not details)


on-line Language learning programs


this was animated to explain the order of writing the letter

koreanclass101.com


This website has alot of information, it explains step by step. but it found it hard to follow.


http://www.aeriagloris.com/LearnKorean/
This site is designed in a game format. Assuming the user knows all the korean characters, the user chooses the right pronunciation. it tells you if it's correct or incorrect answer.


http://library.thinkquest.org/20746/non/learn/cv/c2.html
i found the navigation hard to use, user can't understand the layout intuitively.


http://www.lifeinkorea.com/language/korean.cfm
i thought this is a good chart of the korean characters.


http://www.mct.go.kr/hangeul/index.html