Mobile application for the learning, dissemination and preservation of the Ikitu language in Loreto, Peru

Yahuarcani I.O.; Llaja L.A.S.; Satalaya A.M.N.; Alva E.A.R.; Lagos K.D.J.; Lagos L.E.J.; Reátegui M.D.; Pilco P.G. · 2020 IEEE Congreso Bienal de Argentina, ARGENCON 2020 - 2020 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina, ARGENCON 2020 (2020) · DOI: 10.1109/argencon49523.2020.9505477

Resumen

This work has included the results of the study of the effects on the basic learning of the Peruvian Amazon language called Ikitu, in Spanish-speaking children, in primary level educational institutions in the city of Iquitos. A mobile application called "Quimaya" has been generated, which can serve as an educational tool to learn the contents of the initial level adapted to the Ikitu culture and language. Educational institutions have been chosen from the rural area of the city of Iquitos, considering the complex accessibility to native communities settled in the Peruvian Amazon. In coordination with the management of the schools, 2 classrooms of first and second grade of primary have been selected, at random 2 groups have been formed, the first control group, the second to perform tests and measurements. An important criterion has been that none of the children knew or were related to the language or Ikitu people. Favourable results have been achieved with regard to learning the basic level of the Ikitu language.