An Interactive Tool for Teaching and Learning English at Upper Primary Level for Mauritius
E-learning refers to the specific kind of learning
experienced within the domain of educational technology, which can
be used in or out of the classroom. In this paper, we give an
overview of an e-learning platform 'An Innovative Interactive and
Online English Platform for Upper Primary Students' is an
interactive web-based application which will serve as an aid to the
primary school students in Mauritius. The objectives of this platform
are to offer quality learning resources for the English subject at our
primary level of education, encourage self-learning and hence
promote e-learning. The platform developed consists of several
interesting features, for example, the English Verb Conjugation tool,
Negative Form tool, Interrogative Form tool and Close Test
Generator. Thus, this learning platform will be useful at a time
where our country is looking for an alternative to private tuition and
also, looking forward to increase the pass rate.
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Innovative Technologies and Engineering, University of Technology,
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National Report of Mauritius, The Development of Education.
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[1] M.S. Sunhaloo, J. Narsoo, and A. Gopaul, 2009. An Interactive ELearning
Tool for Kids in Mauritius, Volume 6, 2009, School of
Innovative Technologies and Engineering, University of Technology,
Mauritius.
[2] The Ministry of Education and Scientific Research, 09 September 2004,
National Report of Mauritius, The Development of Education.
[3] Shafika Isaacs, April 2007, ICT in Education in Mauritius, Survey on
ICT and Education in Africa: Mauritius Country Report. p. 4-10.
[4] Ministry of Education & Scientific Research, May 2001, Ending the Rat
Race in Primary Education and Breaking the Admission Bottleneck at
Secondary Level, The Way Forward.
[5] Ministry of Education and Human Resources, 08 November 2006,
Empowering the Nation-s Children, Towards a Quality Curriculum.
Available from http://www.gov.mu/portal/goc/education/site/file/new
curr06.pdf
[6] Dr V.Ramharai and Mr K.Goodoory, 2003, ICT in Primary Schools of
Mauritius: Policy and Practice, International Conference on Open and
Online Learning, MIE.
[7] Mauritius Research Council, May 2004, Teaching and Learning of
Science in Schools (Republic of Mauritius), Volume 1,
Recommendations & Action Plan (2004-2006), p. 10.
[8] Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Education in Mauritius.
Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Mauritius
[Accessed on 25/11/2009]
[9] Pudaruth S., Moloo R.K, Mantaye A. and Jannoo N, The 2010
International Conference of Information Engineering, "A survey of ELearning
Platforms in Mauritius", July 2010, London, UK.
[10] Steven Obeegadoo, ex-Minister of Education
http://www.lexpress.mu/story/9812-defining-our-priorities.html
[11] Elango, R. Gudep, V.K, & Selvam M. (2008). Quality of e-learning:
Ananalysis is based on e-learners- perception of e-learning. Electronic
Journal of e-Learning, 6(1).
[12] St Pierre P., (2009). Abolition des le├ºons particulières : Les enseignants
descendent dans les rues. L-Express - electronic version. Available
from http://www.lexpress.mu/services/archivenews-8242-abolition-deslecons-
particulieres-les-enseignants-descendent-dans-les-rues.html
[13] Hilbert P, (2009). EDUCATION La réforme Bunwaree re├ºoit le feu vert
du gouvernement. L-Express - electronic version. Available from
http://www.lexpress.mu/services/epaper-72578-b-education-la-reformebunwaree-
recoit-le-feu-vert-du-gouvernement-b.html
[14] The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008. (2008). World
Economic Forum.
[15] Milani I, M. (2008). Cultural impact on online education quality
perception. Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 6 (2), 149-160.
[16] Linsay P, (2009). The need to abolish private tuitions L-Express -
electronic version. Available from
http://www.lexpress.mu/news/135-blog-the-need-to-abolish-privatetuitions.
html
[17] Sergiovanni, T. J. & Starratt, R. J. (1988) Supervision: Human
perspective (4th edition). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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experienced within the domain of educational technology, which can
be used in or out of the classroom. In this paper, we give an
overview of an e-learning platform 'An Innovative Interactive and
Online English Platform for Upper Primary Students' is an
interactive web-based application which will serve as an aid to the
primary school students in Mauritius. The objectives of this platform
are to offer quality learning resources for the English subject at our
primary level of education, encourage self-learning and hence
promote e-learning. The platform developed consists of several
interesting features, for example, the English Verb Conjugation tool,
Negative Form tool, Interrogative Form tool and Close Test
Generator. Thus, this learning platform will be useful at a time
where our country is looking for an alternative to private tuition and
also, looking forward to increase the pass rate.", keywords = "educational technology, e-learning, Mauritius.", volume = "4", number = "10", pages = "2030-6", }
