Mobile Language Learning Opportunity for Children in Tanzania

• In Event: CLT - mLearning, Social Media, and Technology

Short Description

The authors have found that low-income populations in Tanzania desire to improve their children’s Swahili literacy level. Although Swahili is one of their official languages, public schools in Tanzania do not have established curriculum and well-trained teachers. This study aims to use a mobile game to teach Swahili phonics underprivileged learners. This game was designed and implemented in Tanzania. The result shows that there has been a significant improvement in the participants’ knowledge of phonics.

Authors

• Donggil Song, Indiana University

• jeungah kim, Ph.D student At Boston University

• Paul Kim, Stanford University