RefugeeScout: Learning German Culture for a Better Integration with a Storytelling Application

RefugeeScout is a mobile application developed for refugees and other people coming to Germany, having the need or interest to get used to and to learn something about German culture. The idea of the application is to give arriving refugees an understanding of our culture. A simple and intuitive user interface is utilized which was evaluated within a final summative test. Unlike other applications for refugees that contain plenty of text, RefugeeScout allows to learn with the help of pictures to overcome the language barrier. Therefore, a storytelling approach is used which also keeps up the motivation to use the app. In fact, this means that the application includes short stories which explain the German customs and culture. This is to ensure that every user is able to understand the stories and to learn everything about the new culture easily and with excitement.