The role of ICT and the mother tongue in education
Mutamiri, Ian Nyasha Mugari, Victor Brooking, Gary
Mutamiri, Ian Nyasha
Mugari, Victor
Brooking, Gary
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2015-11-13
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Information and communication technology,Globalization,Language education,Mobile learning
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Mutamiri, I. N., Mugari, V., & Brooking, G. (2015). The role of ICT and the mother tongue in education. 2015 Innovation in Language Learning Conference. https://conference.pixel-online.net/library_scheda.php?id_abs=1389
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This paper discusses native languages, their importance and the relevance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in learning them and in education as a whole. It explores the significance of the mother tongue on the results of globalization and second language learning. The phenomena of dying languages and methods of language preservation with an inclination towards ICT are discussed. Special attention is on NatiV (http://mynativ.com), an Android Application that teaches early learners how to read (thus providing the foundation of actual language learning) a language native to Zimbabwe, chiShona. The interface provided to language education through NatiV is described, noting that it indeed realizes the declarations made in the Universal declaration of Linguistic Rights. The NatiV project’s contribution to Zimbabwe's current national socio-economic blueprint, 'Zim Asset' is well annotated. The projections surfacing from the conclusions lean towards diversifying m-learning (mobile learning) to other languages and lexicography in general.
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Innovation in Language Learning, 8th Edition, 2015, Florence, Italy, 12-13 November 2015
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Pixel International Conferences
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Innovation in Language Learning Conference