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Using Mobile Phones to Investigate Using Mobile Phones to Investigate The Effect of Productive Lexical Processing on Word Recognition in Rural India Word Recognition in Rural India Anuj Kumar 1 , Pooja Reddy 2 , Matthew Kam 1 1 HumanComputer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University 2 Department of Modern Languages , Carnegie Mellon University SLRF, 2010 1

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Using Mobile Phones to InvestigateUsing Mobile Phones to Investigate The Effect of Productive Lexical Processing on 

Word Recognition in Rural IndiaWord Recognition in Rural India

Anuj Kumar1, Pooja Reddy2, Matthew Kam1

1 Human‐Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University 2 Department of Modern Languages , Carnegie Mellon University 

SLRF, 2010

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Rural Poverty and Literacy Problems• 260 illi hild ld id• 260 million children worldwide

are not reading at age level(UNICEF, 2009)

Score1

• In rural schools in the developingworld there is a lack of books;few, if any (skilled) teachers; 1:75

Reading S

few, if any (skilled) teachers; 1:75 student‐teacher ratio;children have to stay home often Above PovertyBelow Poverty

Socio‐Economic Status

1PISA, 2003(Abadzi, 2006)

• In rural India, only 11% of childrencan read and understand English

PISA, 2003

Source: Willlms, 2004

words even after 3 years of schooling(Desai Adams & Dubai 2008)(Desai, Adams, & Dubai, 2008)

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The Need for English Literacy in Rural India

• Mastery of English is the “single most influential factor that determines access to … important economic and social avenues” (Kishwar 2005)(Kishwar 2005)

• In open‐ended interviews with families, children, and other stake‐holders in communities in rural parts of India, 96% agreedp , gthat there is a dire need for English literacy skills “for survival”

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A Possible Solution – Mobile Learning• Mobile phones are the fastest growing technology platform in the 

developing world

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A Possible Solution – Mobile LearningA Possible Solution  Mobile Learning• Mobile educational games target learning any time, any place• 101 million children cannot/do not attend school (36 million• 101 million children cannot/do not attend school (36 million 

in South Asia and 39 million in Sub‐Saharan Africa) – UNESCO, 2009

• Make literacy learning resources more accessible, even out‐of school

• Make the learning process more enjoyable and thus more g p j yeffective (Kam et al., 2008; 2009)

• Games allow for immersive, interactive, and digital environments leading to more situated contextualizedenvironments, leading to more situated, contextualized learning (Gee, 2003)

• Thus, we use mobile technology to iteratively investigate and promote L2 word reading development in rural India 

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Why Word Recognition?y g• Word recognition is operationalized as the ability to read and 

understand a written word

• Need to recognize about 98% of words in a text to comprehend it (Hu & Nation, 2000; Carver, 1994)

• Word recognition is a critical stepping stone from “learning to• Word recognition is a critical stepping stone from  learning‐to‐read” to “reading‐to‐learn”(Carver 1990; Chall 1996; Perfetti 1985)

• Word recognition is a major bottleneck for L2 readers at the g jgrade 4‐5 level (Carlo et al., 2004; August et al., 2005)

• Baseline studies with this group have shown that basic English d di ffi i t h d iti idecoding was sufficient; however, word recognition remains problematic

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Components of Word Recognition:Lexical Quality HypothesisLexical Quality Hypothesis

• Word recognition skills are contingent upon the quality of three representations: phonology, orthography, and semantics (Perfetti & p p gy, g p y,Hart, 2001)

• Word recognition consists of decoding and semantic extraction

• Universality of phonological processes (P f tti 2003 f C lth t 2001)• Universality of phonological processes (Perfetti, 2003; c.f. Coltheart, 2001) 

Decoding

Orthography Phonology

S tiSemantic 

Semantics Extraction

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The Role of Production in Lexical Processing

• Decoding and semantic extraction are usually measured as receptive processes (e.g. Perfetti, 1985)receptive processes (e.g. Perfetti, 1985)

• However, production is considered important for several aspects of language learningh f d d ’ l• The act of production draws attention to one’s linguistic abilities,  which in turn generates new knowledge or consolidates existing knowledge (Swain & Lapkin 1995; Ellis & Heconsolidates existing knowledge (Swain & Lapkin, 1995; Ellis & He, 1999)

• At the lexical level, production provides highly specific input back to your mind which forms a feedback loop back whichback to your mind, which forms a feedback loop back which strengthens lexical representation (De Bot, 1996) 

• This feedback loop translates declarative knowledge into p gprocedural knowledge (De Bot, 1996)

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Theoretical Framework

PhonologyDecoding

Orthography

PhonologyReceptive

ProductiveProductive

SemanticsSemantic Extraction

Do receptive and productive lexical processing paths differentiallyDo receptive and productive lexical processing paths differentially impact word recognition?

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HypothesesHypotheses1. Training the productive processing path will improve word 

recognition scores more than training the receptive processing path

2. In decreasing order, these three conditions will benefit word recognition scores:recognition scores:a) Productive processing training with an orthographic hint

b) Productive processing trainingb) Productive processing training

c) Receptive processing training 

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Method ‐ Study Contexty• N= 31 (18 boys)

• Age 9‐13 (grade 4‐5) equivalentAge 9 13 (grade 4 5) equivalent

• L1’s : Telugu or Kannada

• Public school in rural India

• English as a foreign language in

the classroom 

• Teacher had “difficulty” communicating in English 

• Most of the participating• Most of the participating households had at least one cellphone Source: NCAER, 2001

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Experimental Designp g• 2 Games – Farm and Market (all children played both games)

• 1 hour sessions after school hours

• Words were from the government‐issued curriculum (grades 4‐5)

• 27 concrete nouns (14 for market game and 14 for farm game)

Word Recognition Pre-Test Word Recognition Pre-Test

Market Game Farm Game

Productive Processing with Orthographic Hint

11 children 10 children

Productive Processing 10 children 10 childrenProductive Processing 10 children 10 children

Receptive Processing 10 children 11 children

Word Recognition Post-Test Word Recognition Post-Test

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Game Designsg• Game designs were based on experiments exploring common 

practices and activities in rural India (Kumar et al., 2010)p

• Actions in the games were taken from traditional village games, such as catch a player or evade him (Kam et al. 2009)

Market Game Farm Game

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Condition 1: Productive Training + Orthographic Hint

• Productive + orthographic hint group was shown an image (one at a time) with the first letter of the word as a hint, ( ) ,and they had to recognize the image and say it aloud

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Condition 2: Productive Training

• Productive training group was shown an image (one at a time) that they had to recognize and say aloud) y g y

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Condition 3: Receptive Training

• Receptive phonology group were shown four images, heard a word in English, and had to select the corresponding g , p gimage

Papaya

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Outcome Variable: Word Recognition

• Word Recognition test

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Data Collapsed across Gamesp• Combined scores across same conditions for both games because:

– Similar data distribution

– No significant difference in the gains across games for each condition

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Pre‐Test Scores• Normal distribution of pre‐test scores

• No significant difference between conditions

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Learning Benefitsg• After 30 minutes of game play there was

– A gain of 1 new word in the receptive condition (p=.05)A gain of 1 new word in the receptive condition (p .05)

– A gain of 2.7 new words in the productive condition (p=.01)

– A gain of 2.9 new words in the productive + orthographic hint diti ( 01)condition (p=.01)

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Results – Gains Across Conditions• Productive training led to significantly higher gains in word reading 

than receptive training (p=0.01)

• Productive training with an orthographic hint lead to significantly

higher gains than receptive training  (p=0.01)

• There was no significant difference between productive trainingThere was no significant difference between productive training

and productive  + orthographic hint training*

*

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DiscussionDiscussion• Hypothesis 1: Training the productive processing path will improve word recognition scores more than trainingwill improve word recognition scores more than training the receptive processing path

• Productive lexical processing training was better than receptive lexical processing training for word reading

• Voicing a word helps strengthen the link between the h l i l d i iphonological and semantic representations 

• Triggers a process that sends highly specified input back to your mind (De Bot 1996)to your mind (De Bot, 1996)

• Highlights the role of training of productive skills even in receptive tasks (like reading)p ( g)

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DiscussionDiscussion• Hypothesis 2: productive + orthographic hint > productive > receptiveproductive   receptive 

• Training with the orthographic hint did not provide any additional benefit to word recognition 

• Extra cognitive push that’s needed without the orthography may help strengthen the lexical 

i f h drepresentation of the word

• Alternatively, the design of the game did not make orthographic hint salient enough (6 out of 21 said theyorthographic hint salient enough (6 out of 21 said they did not notice the hint)

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Implications and Future WorkImplications and Future Work• Pedagogically, this study makes the case for mobile learning in 

the developing worldp g

• Theoretically, this study highlights the role of production in lexical processing for reading

• Further investigation of

role of productive

phonological awarenessphonological awareness,

graphophonological 

awareness in word readingawareness in word reading

• Orthography component needs to

be fine‐tuned

• In the classroom, productive tasks take long and are individual‐based; technology can help 24

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Acknowledgementsg• Thanks to Maxine Eskenazi, Jack Mostow, John Canny, Anuj 

Tewari, David Huggins‐Daines, Venkatesh Keri, Yash Soni, , gg , , ,Shabnam Aggarwal, Indrani Vedula and all our financial supporters (CMU HCII, Nokia Research)

• Special thanks to Rekha Rao and T. Krishna, from Naandi Foundation in India

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Thank you!

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