Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Kindergarteners - Writing Activities on Paper and Surface Computers

Pantelis M. Papadopoulos, Zeinab Ibrahim, Andreas Karatsolis

2014

Abstract

This paper presents initial results regarding writing activities in the context of the ALADDIN project. The goal of the project is to teach Modern Standard Arabic in 5-year-old kindergarten students in Qatar. A total of 18 students, enrolled in the ‘Arabic Class’, participated for 9 weeks in the activities of the project. All students were native speakers of the Qatari dialect. Learning activities involved both typical instructional methods, and the use of specifically designed tools for tabletop surface computers. The paper focuses on writing activities and on how the affordances of surface computers affected students’ performance and attitude towards the Arabic class and, consequently, the Arabic language.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

M. Papadopoulos P., Ibrahim Z. and Karatsolis A. (2014). Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Kindergarteners - Writing Activities on Paper and Surface Computers . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-020-8, pages 433-439. DOI: 10.5220/0004942204330439

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu14,
author={Pantelis M. Papadopoulos and Zeinab Ibrahim and Andreas Karatsolis},
title={Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Kindergarteners - Writing Activities on Paper and Surface Computers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={433-439},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004942204330439},
isbn={978-989-758-020-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Teaching the Arabic Alphabet to Kindergarteners - Writing Activities on Paper and Surface Computers
SN - 978-989-758-020-8
AU - M. Papadopoulos P.
AU - Ibrahim Z.
AU - Karatsolis A.
PY - 2014
SP - 433
EP - 439
DO - 10.5220/0004942204330439