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A Smart Mobile Application for Learning English Verbs in Mauritian Primary Schools

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Learning English verbs in primary schools in Mauritius may sometimes be difficult for students as English is not their mother tongue. Integrating information technology to traditional way of teaching can help to improve the teaching process. In this paper, an AI-enabled mobile application which has been developed to help the learning Mauritian students is discussed. The application provides for personalised learning and an artificial neural network analyses the learning pattern of the students to readapt the type of learning material proposed to them. To bridge the gap due to language issues, the interaction between the students and application is in Creole. The student can say the verbs in Creole and then get the translated version in the various tenses. Instructions on how to use the application is also given in Creole. Quizzes are also given to help the learning process.

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Notes

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    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xengar.android.englishverbs.

  2. 2.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gedev.irregular.

  3. 3.

    https://protege.stanford.edu/.

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  1. University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

    Bhoovandev Fakooa, Mehnaz Bibi Diouman Banon & Baby Gobin-Rahimbux

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  1. School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Suresh Chandra Satapathy

  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Group of Professional Colleges, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Vikrant Bhateja

  3. Universite des Mascareignes, Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius

    Radhakhrishna Somanah

  4. School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK

    Xin-She Yang

  5. Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Zlín, Czech Republic

    Roman Senkerik

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Fakooa, B., Banon, M.B.D., Gobin-Rahimbux, B. (2019). A Smart Mobile Application for Learning English Verbs in Mauritian Primary Schools. In: Satapathy, S., Bhateja, V., Somanah, R., Yang, XS., Senkerik, R. (eds) Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 863. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3338-5_37

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