Fill that blank! An iOS-based literacy application

Eric Gu; Mo-Hong Tzou; Rashina Hoda

doi:10.1109/ASWEC.2014.21

Fill that blank! An iOS-based literacy application

Eric Gu, Mo-Hong Tzou, Rashina Hoda

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Abstract

There are many existing software applications that claim to teach English literacy. However, these applications often cater to preschoolers, only teach vocabulary or phonetics and mostly focus on fundamental reading skills, and not comprehension. This project aims to develop an application that teaches 7-10 years old children comprehension of the English language. Research was conducted into existing applications and pedagogy leading to the elicitation of requirements specification and design. Our iOS app is designed as a tailored cloze activity ('fill-in-the-blanks') in the context of a story. A usability study was conducted with 18 children in the target age group at two primary schools from different socio-economic areas. Overall response to the application was positive with high intuitiveness and engagement ratings. Future work includes refinements and can explore effectiveness of the app through a longer case study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2014 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC 2014
Editors	Jim Steel, Liming Zhu
Place of Publication	Piscataway NJ USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	80-83
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479931491
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.2014.21
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	Australasian Software Engineering Conference 2014 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 7 Apr 2014 → 10 Apr 2014 Conference number: 23rd https://web.archive.org/web/20181115114126/http://aswec2014.org/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6823821/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Conference	Australasian Software Engineering Conference 2014
Abbreviated title	ASWEC 2014
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	7/04/14 → 10/04/14
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20181115114126/http://aswec2014.org/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6823821/proceeding (Proceedings)

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Child Computer Interaction (CCI)
Digital Learning
Education
Literacy

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Gu, E, Tzou, M-H & Hoda, R 2014, Fill that blank! An iOS-based literacy application. in J Steel & L Zhu (eds), Proceedings - 2014 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC 2014. IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 80-83, Australasian Software Engineering Conference 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7/04/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASWEC.2014.21

Fill that blank! An iOS-based literacy application. / Gu, Eric; Tzou, Mo-Hong; Hoda, Rashina.
Proceedings - 2014 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference, ASWEC 2014. ed. / Jim Steel; Liming Zhu. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2014. p. 80-83.

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