Improving literacy in rural India: cellphone games in an after-school program

Kam,; Kumar, Anita B.; Jain, Alok; Mathur,; Canny,

doi:10.1109/ictd.2009.5426712

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“…Research projects in this category that target learners in the developing world include MILLEE [15,16,18], Multiple Mice [29], Kane [10], and Same Language Subtitling [3].…”

Section: Speech Technologies For Language Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving literacy in developing countries using speech recognition-supported games on mobile devices

Kumar

Reddy

Tewari

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Learning to read in a second language is challenging, but highly rewarding. For low-income children in developing countries, this task can be significantly more challenging because of lack of access to high-quality schooling, but can potentially improve economic prospects at the same time. A synthesis of research findings suggests that practicing recalling and vocalizing words for expressing an intended meaning could improve word reading skills -including reading in a second language -more than silent recognition of what the given words mean. Unfortunately, many language learning software do not support this instructional approach, owing to the technical challenges of incorporating speech recognition support to check that the learner is vocalizing the correct word. In this paper, we present results from a usability test and two subsequent experiments that explore the use of two speech recognitionenabled mobile games to help rural children in India read words with understanding. Through a working speech recognition prototype, we discuss two major contributions of this work: first, we give empirical evidence that shows the extent to which productive training (i.e. vocalizing words) is superior to receptive vocabulary training, and discuss the use of scaffolding hints to "unpack" factors in the learner"s linguistic knowledge that may impact reading. Second, we discuss what our results suggest for future research in HCI.

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“…Research projects in this category that target learners in the developing world include MILLEE [15,16,18], Multiple Mice [29], Kane [10], and Same Language Subtitling [3].…”

Section: Speech Technologies For Language Learningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving literacy in developing countries using speech recognition-supported games on mobile devices

Kumar

Reddy

Tewari

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…Analyzed low-gain and high-gain students, satisfactory results were found between high-gain and low-gain students. Qualifying test scores of high-gain were 49/50 and scores of low-gain were 46.5/50 [6].…”

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“…English curriculum is not implemented properly in rural primary level schools due to general challenges of external factors (family background, economic condition, mother tongue, un-trained teachers, traditional atmosphere of village, exam oriented learning and copying in exams) in education system [3]- [5]. Thus rural students are not competent compared to urban students in English language [6], because their families work in agriculture and they focus on earning instead of learning.…”

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Mobile Learning Application Development for Improvement of English Listening Comprehension

Laghari¹,

Kazi²,

Nizamani³

2017

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Abstract-Trend towards English language learning has been increased because it is considered as Lingua franca i.e. language of communication for all. However students of Pakistan are behind in this pace, especially rural elementary students. In rural areas there is crucial need to get assistance in their own curriculum after school because mostly they do not find anyone to help at home. M-Learning (Mobile Learning) assists learning anywhere and anytime. This ubiquitous power of M-Learning helps in after school programs and education in rural areas. The aim of this study is to develop M-Learning application for improvement of English listening comprehension in rural primary school students. This study developed English learning application based on Listening Comprehension, which embeds English curriculum of Sindh Textbook board for grade 1, 2 and 3. This study took the form of an after-school program in a village in Pakistan. There were 45 students of grade 3 from rural primary school of Pakistan selected as participants. Since developed application is based on recognition and memorization of information, so that knowledge and comprehension level of cognitive domain from Bloom's taxonomy were selected for choosing the type of evaluation questions. On the basis of those question types, EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment) test is used for evaluation. This test was conducted on two experimental groups and one control group and the results of the groups were compared to one another. The results confirm that English Mlearning applications can become helpful tool for students who live in rural areas where they face problems in learning of their English curriculum, since their relatives are not capable to teach them as accordingly.

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“…Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD) is a growing field dedicated to bridging the divide between developed and developing communities through appropriately applied technology (Dias and Brewer, 2009). Resulting projects span many areas ranging from telemedicine (Surana et al, 2008), to assistive technology (Pal et al, 2011), to microfinance (Ratan et al, 2010), to education (Kam et al, 2009). Engineers are often part of the multi-disciplinary research teams involved in ICTD.…”

Section: Enhancing English Literacy In Low-literacy Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preparing Engineers for a Global Future through Guided Opportunities to Innovate for Underserved Communities

Dias¹,

Teves²,

Dias³

2015

Journal of Engineering Education Transformations

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Improving literacy in rural India: cellphone games in an after-school program

Cited by 55 publications

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Improving literacy in developing countries using speech recognition-supported games on mobile devices

Improving literacy in developing countries using speech recognition-supported games on mobile devices

Mobile Learning Application Development for Improvement of English Listening Comprehension

Preparing Engineers for a Global Future through Guided Opportunities to Innovate for Underserved Communities

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