Perceptions of students about augmented reality as a didactic resource of náhuat linguistic heritage: a case study with a control and experimental group

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https://doi.org/10.24310/ijne.12.2023.17888

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Augmented reality, náhuat linguistic heritage, endangered languages

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study on the impact of incorporating an augmented reality textbook and android mobile applications on the teaching-learning process of the náhuat language in public schools in El Salvador. To verify the first hypothesis, statistical inference was applied to determine the significance of the mark values between the control and experimental groups through the Mann-Whitney test and Brunner–Munzel’s test, previous verification of parametric assumptions of these tests, in total participated 150 students. To verify the second hypothesis, the results of student perception corresponding to the usage of the resources aforementioned, are also shown, administering questionnaire surveys to 113 students in total, through two questionnaires scored on a 5-point Likert scale statements and semantic differential scale items for additional data collection related to each Likert scale statement in the questionnaire. The results show that students perceive specific advantages linked to the usage of the náhuat augmented reality textbook and mobile android applications in the náhuat language teaching-learning process. This study leads to the conclusion that students enrolled in náhuat courses in public schools in El Salvador for this case study, greatly value the teaching-learning process mediated by augmented reality technology and mobile applications.

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Author Biographies

Walter Sánchez, Universidad Don Bosco

Master in Computing from the Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Master in Educational Technology from the Don Bosco University and electrical engineer from the University of El Salvador, he is currently a professor at the School of Computer Science Engineering at the Don Bosco University.

Alfredo Pina, Universidad Pública de navarra

Computer Science PhD from the University of Zaragoza, MsC in “Knowledge Based Systems” from the University of Heriot-Watt in Edinburgh and Computer Engineering BSc from the University of Bordeaux, currently associate lecturer in Languages ​​and Computing Systems at the Public University of Navarra.
His interests in teaching and research included Educational Technologies and their application at different education levels.

Gabriel Rubio, Universidad Pública de navarra

Hispanic Philology, University of Alicante. Master in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language, Antonio de Nebrija University. Doctor in Philology - UNED (Applications of Internet and educational technologies to language learning). Since July 2022, he is Director of the IES Navarro Villoslada, where he is a Secondary School teacher specializing in Spanish Language and Literature and where he coordinated the center's International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program. He was Pedagogical and Innovation Director of CNAI (Navarre Center for Self-Learning of Languages) and Head of the Educational Technologies Section of the Department of Education of the Government of Navarra, also known as PNTE (New Technologies and Education Program, current Educational Technologies Service ). He has experience in coordination and evaluation of national and international educational innovation projects and in training management.
Its main lines of work are ​​language learning and teaching using information and communication technologies.

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2024-04-01

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Sánchez, W., Pina, A., & Rubio, G. (2024). Perceptions of students about augmented reality as a didactic resource of náhuat linguistic heritage: a case study with a control and experimental group. International Journal of New Education, (12), 25–53. https://doi.org/10.24310/ijne.12.2023.17888

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