Criollo-C Santiago, Lema Mayron, Gonzalez Mario Salvador, Jaramillo-Alcázar Angel, Guerrero-Arias Andrea, Luján-Mora Sergio
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
Department EGB/BGU, Jezreel International Christian Academy, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador.
PeerJ Comput Sci. 2021 Jun 3;7:e550. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.550. eCollection 2021.
Language is the primordial element for cultural transfer in indigenous communities; if it is not practiced, there is a risk of losing it and with it, a large part of the history of a community. Ecuador is a multicultural and multiethnic country with 18 indigenous peoples. Currently, in this country, some native languages are at risk of disappearing due to factors such as racial discrimination, underestimation of the language, and, above all, the lack of interest and motivation of the new generations to learn this language. Information technologies have made it possible to create mobile applications such as games, dictionaries, and translators that promote the learning of the Kichwa language. However, the acceptance of technology has not been evaluated, nor the intention to involve mobile devices in the process of teaching this language. Subsequently the objective of this work is to explore the acceptance of technology and the use of mobile devices to motivate the learning of the Kichwa language. For this purpose, the mobile application "Otavalo Rimay" was used with several students of a Kichwa language learning center. The methodology used to verify the hypothesis of this work was Design Sciences Research (DSR) together with the theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). The instrument used for this evaluation was a survey carried out after the use of the mobile application. The statistical analysis of the results obtained indicates characteristics such as the utility and perceived ease of use, positively influence students to motivate the use of mobile devices in learning a language. The results also show the great technological acceptance by students for learning and confirm that currently, mobile learning is accepted for use in education.
语言是本土社区文化传承的首要元素；如果不加以使用，就有失去它的风险，随之失去的还有该社区很大一部分历史。厄瓜多尔是一个拥有18个原住民群体的多元文化和多民族国家。目前，在这个国家，一些本土语言因种族歧视、对语言的轻视等因素，尤其是新一代缺乏学习该语言的兴趣和动力，正面临消失的风险。信息技术使得创建诸如游戏、词典和翻译器等促进基切瓦语学习的移动应用程序成为可能。然而，技术的接受度尚未得到评估，将移动设备纳入该语言教学过程的意愿也未得到评估。随后，这项工作的目标是探索技术的接受度以及使用移动设备来激发基切瓦语学习的情况。为此，基切瓦语学习中心的几名学生使用了移动应用程序“奥塔瓦洛里迈”。用于验证这项工作假设的方法是设计科学研究（DSR）以及技术接受与使用理论（UTAUT）。用于此次评估的工具是在使用移动应用程序后进行的一项调查。对所得结果的统计分析表明，诸如实用性和感知易用性等特征对学生激发使用移动设备学习语言产生积极影响。结果还显示学生对学习具有很高的技术接受度，并证实目前移动学习已被接受用于教育。
