Salinlahi III: An Intelligent Tutoring System for Filipino Heritage Language Learners

Abstract

Heritage language learners are learners of the primary language of their parents which they might have been exposed to but have not learned it as a language they can fluently use to communicate with other people. Salinlahi, an Interactive Learning Environment, was developed to teach these young Filipino heritage learners about basic Filipino vocabulary while Salinlahi II included a support for collaborative learning. With the aim of teaching learners with basic knowledge in Filipino we developed Salinlahi III to teach higher level lessons focusing on Filipino grammar and sentence construction. An internal evaluation of the system has shown that the user interface and feedback of the tutor was appropriate. Moreover, in an external evaluation of the system, experimental and controlled field tests were done and results showed that there is a positive learning gain after using the system.