PROJECT CONTEXT
The proposed “English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary” is an e-learning mobile application development project that will probe on the acceptability level of the proposed English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary mobile application for teachers and students for their K-12 mother tongue subject.
In this project, the researchers will be undergoing series of activities consisting of; interviews and on-site observations for the need identification and problem definition; researches for the formulation of the system requirements; system design and development; system testing, deployment, and data gathering; feedback analysis and system modifications; and system implementation.
The researchers of the study will be utilizing the faculty teaching the K-12 mother tongue subject and the Grades 1, 2, and 3 students who were taking up the said subject, as the respondents of the study, randomly selected by the researchers of the proposed project.
The findings, based from the feedbacks or survey ratings obtained from the respondents of the study will be used by the researchers of the study to come up with a conclusion and recommendation of the study. It will also be the deciding factor for the deployment of the Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary mobile application to the elementary pupils and teachers of the Basic Education, as first hand beneficiaries of this proposed e-learning system.
PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
The researchers of this proposed e-learning mobile application development project, “English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary”, come up with an idea of developing a mobile application for learning the Hiligaynon language. This mobile application will serve as an alternative educational tool for the mother tongue subject of the elementary pupils and teachers of K12 education. Based on the initial interview of the researchers to the teachers and on observations of the researchers to the students during their mother tongue class, most of the elementary pupils were having difficulty in learning the Hiligaynon language. It is very evident to those pupils who were having their preparatory schooling in private schools, since English language is their medium of instruction. Besides, most of the time, they were communicating at home using the English Language. On the other hand, faculty teaching the K-12 mother tongue subject to Grades 1, 2, and 3 pupils were having a hard time adjusting to this new subject of the basic education curriculum. The teachers will even have to translate the Hiligaynon word or phrase to English, just to let their students comprehend to what they were saying. They even have to think twice if they really have the correct translation of what they were trying to impart to the students, knowing that the Hiligaynon words have varied use, pronunciation, and even intonation.
With the problem at hand and with the researchers’ observation that majority of elementary pupils were already exposed and experienced with the use of mobile technology, specifically electronic gadgets like smartphones and tablets, the researchers devised an idea of developing a mobile application as a solution to the problem. The concepts and ideas of the researchers will be anchored on the mobile technology characteristic of portability, providing users easy access of English – Hiligaynon word translation, anytime, anywhere.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
The main objective of the proposed e-learning mobile application development project, “English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary”, will be the development of a mobile application that will be an alternative tool in learning the Hiligaynon language for the elementary teachers and pupils of the Basic Education in the K-12 mother tongue subject.
Specifically, the proposed e-learning mobile application development project, English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary will be able to:
- Use the mobile application offline
- Have a user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- Search specific English word to its Hiligaynon equivalent or the other way around
- Search a word using either a search box or the list of compiled words
- Provide a concise English and Hiligaynon definition of the searched word
- Present a sample sentence of the searched word in English and Hiligaynon language
- Provide an audio for the correct pronunciation of the Hiligaynon word
- Present an image gallery on the use of a particular word
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE PROJECT
The proposed e-learning mobile application development project entitled “English – Hiligaynon Electronic Dictionary” focuses on the development of a mobile application that is to be used in the testing phase by the identified respondents of the study to solicit feedback and responses regarding to its intended capabilities and use, as designed by the researchers. The proposed mobile application will be specifically developed for smartphones and tablets, preferably touchscreen mobile device having an Android 2.3 version or higher. Furthermore, the application can be used offline, regardless of time and place, provided that the mobile device that will be used had enough power to run the application until the user can obtain the needed information. However, the mobile application’s word pronunciation feature can only be functional when an internet connection is available.
In the conduct of the research study of the proposed e-learning mobile application development project to gather feedback and responses from the respondents of the study. Specifically, in the Grades 1, 2, and 3 who were the grade levels of the K-12 basic education curriculum of the elementary, having mother tongue subject.
