Korean Test Companion

What it does

Korean language learners have limited options to practice for standardized Korean language tests, the most common one being books with past tests. These books often fail to prepare the reader effectively for Korean reading questions as, by including only past questions of the last few tests, they do not offer enough variety to practice a wide range of topics that were not seen in previous tests but could end up in the next test. Korean Test Companion addresses this lack of variety by letting the user generate questions based on original texts to practice for common Korean language tests. It uses Gemini to generate texts based on topics chosen by the user, and questions about the generated texts. The prompts Gemini receives ensure the question and level are similar to previous questions of a common Korean test. It also uses Gemini to detect difficult words in the generated texts and provide definitions that are contextually relevant, helping the user learn new words about topics they are less familiar with. The user can also save texts and bookmark difficult words for later reference. The application is currently fine tuned for one specific question type on short texts, mimicking the question type of a popular test. In the future, the application will have more question types, allow users to input their own texts, and track users' progress on the number of questions they have answered correctly.