Description

With the pressure to give our kids a decentupbringing and the growing expense of basic survival, gone are thedays when one parent, usually the mother, stayed at home to teachthe kids. Both parents have to work to have a decent lifestyle andby the time they come home, they are so tired that apart fromhaving dinner and relaxing a little, there is very little they cando before going to bed in readiness for the next day. As a workingMum, I personally feel the pressure and guilt all the time that Icannot spend time with my two daughters and help them with theirstudies. This is the problem faced by most families today. We don’thave enough time to teach our kids. Thanks to technology and mobileapplications our children can now study without our presence. Thatdoes not mean that we shirk from our responsibilities but at leastthe kids have something to help them with their studies.

Mothers like me don’t even know Gujarati, then how can I help mychildren learn it? For us Vowels application is a Godsend. This isa mobile application that has been specifically designed for anyonewho wants to learn Gujarati. This app will help you and yourchildren to learn Gujarati. It is also a helpful app for anyone whowants to teach the language.

Vowels has three unique features, namely:

1. Interactive listening and pronunciation of word/vowels
2. Learning by auto writing
3. Learning by writing on the desktop itself

INTERACTIVE LISTENING

This screen has a visual image of the Gujarati vowels, the wayit reads in English and one can listen to how the character willsound like. It also gives a picture of an object whereby the vowelshas been used in the name of the object e.g. a picture of apomegranate will be shown with the words A and અનાર alongside thevowel અ . An easy way to learn by sound and pictureillustration.

AUTOWRITING

There is an animated illustration of the vowel that will allowone to write the vowel by themselves.

HANDWRITING

This feature allows the user to write and erase the vowels bythemselves.

Vowels has been developed in such a way that if used regularlyand religiously one will be able to speak, read and write Gujaratiin no time. The application is fun to use. The wonderful graphicsand illustrations take away the boredom that is associated with anylanguage learning. The menus, commands etc are easy to follow.Vowels application is accessible from anywhere and everywhere inthe world, at any time, day or night. Mobile learning is fastbecoming the future of all education so why not Gujarati?