In the scope of the Master Thesis entitled LiteracyTracker, a mobile application has been developed to access and monitor the literacy level of children in Sub-Saharan Africa. The application consists of a small group of exercises, in English, that requires short answers and is based on gamification techniques.
In a 1st phase, it was necessary to analyze the interaction of Portuguese students with basic English knowledge with a first version of the application. Then, we asked some young students of Porto to give us a hand testing the first version of the application. Each child performed the test on the smartphone with the application and solved the exercises.
Based on the results from this observation study and on the suggestions made by the students, researchers improved the application that can now be tested in Africa.
COLABORAR expresses its gratitude to all children who participated in the tests , as well as to their parents and teachers for their permissions.