Aplicación móvil para niños con dificultades de aprendizaje en la automatización del proceso de reconocimiento de palabras

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a mobile application that facilitates learning to read and that facilitates the processes of automatic word recognition and lexical access for children with learning difficulties. The Basic4android software, suitable for creating compatible applications on a tablet with Android operating system, was used to develop the application. The application contains a vocabulary of 1500 words and the appearance of a game. It is based on the principles of direct path activation of word recognition or global path and cognitive anticipation. The mobile application allows teachers to easily control variables in the cognitive processing of exercises. It is concluded that the mobile application developed here can help in automating the process of word recognition for children with learning difficulties in reading.