Innovation in Language Learning

This paper discusses native languages, their importance and the relevance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in learning them and in education as a whole. It explores the significance of the mother tongue on the results of globalization and second language learning. The phenomena of dying languages and methods of language preservation with an inclination towards ICT are discussed. Special attention is on NatiV (http://mynativ.com), an Android Application that teaches early learners how to read (thus providing the foundation of actual language learning) a language native to Zimbabwe, chiShona. The interface provided to language education through NatiV is described, noting that it indeed realizes the declarations made in the Universal declaration of Linguistic Rights. The NatiV project’s contribution to Zimbabwe's current national socio-economic blueprint, 'Zim Asset' is well annotated. The projections surfacing from the conclusions lean towards diversifying m-learning (mobile learning) to other languages and lexicography in general.